Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Beilschmiedia
15. Beilschmiedia appendiculata (C. K. Allen) S. K. Lee & Y. T. Wei; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(2): 65. 1979.
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Lauromerrillia appendiculata C. K. Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 460. 1942.
Trees; 6-30 m tall; up to 60 cm d.b.h. Bark gray-yellow. Branchlets glabrous or pubescent; always robust; slightly angled. Terminal buds densely gray-brown tomentulose. Leaves opposite or alternate; petiole 5-18 mm; slender; leaf blade adaxially green-brown to gray-brown; elliptic to narrowly elliptic; rarely obovate; 5-11 x 2-4.5 cm; glabrous on both surfaces; abaxially densely glandular-punctate; adaxially sometimes densely glandular-punctate; midrib adaxially plane or slightly elevated but always slightly impressed on base; lateral veins 7-10 pairs; elevated on both surfaces; veins slender; laxly reticulate; elevated on both surfaces; base cuneate or broadly cuneate; apex obtuse; obtusely acuminate; rounded; or sometimes emarginate. Panicles axillary; 1-2 cm; pubescent. Pedicels ca. 4 mm. Flowers yellow. Perianth segments 6; or sometimes 8; elliptic; ca. 1.8 mm. Fertile stamens 6; or sometimes 8. Staminodes 3(or 4); ca. 1.2 mm. Fruits green; becoming black when mature; ellipsoid or ovoid-ellipsoid; 1-1.8 cm; always verruculose; fruiting pedicels 1.5-2 mm in diam. Fl. Feb-Mar; fr. May-Jul.
? Sparse forests on roadsides in valleys or along streamsides. Hainan.
As in FRPS (31: 135. 1982); the unispecific genus Lauromerrillia is treated here as a synonym of Beilschmiedia. Its type has a variable number of fertile stamens and perianth segments (6; or sometimes 8).