Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Beilschmiedia
7. Beilschmiedia laevis C. K. Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 446. 1942.
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Trees; up to 20 m tall. Bark gray-black or gray-brown. Branchlets green; robust; always sulcate; glabrous. Terminal buds ovoid; leathery; always gray-brown tomentulose or subglabrous. Leaves opposite or subopposite; petiole 1.5-3 cm; leaf blade abaxially green; adaxially shiny green; elliptic or broadly elliptic; 7-11(-15) x 4-6 cm; thickly leathery or leathery; chestnut-colored and glabrous on both surfaces when dry; midrib adaxially impressed; lateral veins 6-10 pairs but nearly always 7 pairs; veins laxly reticulate; robust; elevated on both surfaces; base broadly cuneate-decurrent; apex obtuse or shortly acuminate with an obtuse acumen. Inflorescences unknown. Infructescences subterminal. Fruits green when immature; dark brown when mature; ellipsoid or broadly ellipsoid; 1.7-2.6 x 1.2-2 cm; rotund at both ends; smooth and glabrous; fruiting pedicels robust; 1-3.5 cm x 3-6 mm. Fr. Feb-Dec.
Mountain slopes; dense valley forests; 500-900 m. Guangxi; Hainan [Vietnam].
The wood is hard and used for furniture; farm tools; and house construction.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Beilschmiedia
7. Beilschmiedia laevis C. K. Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 446. 1942.
???? hong zhi qiong nan
Trees; up to 20 m tall. Bark gray-black or gray-brown. Branchlets green; robust; always sulcate; glabrous. Terminal buds ovoid; leathery; always gray-brown tomentulose or subglabrous. Leaves opposite or subopposite; petiole 1.5-3 cm; leaf blade abaxially green; adaxially shiny green; elliptic or broadly elliptic; 7-11(-15) x 4-6 cm; thickly leathery or leathery; chestnut-colored and glabrous on both surfaces when dry; midrib adaxially impressed; lateral veins 6-10 pairs but nearly always 7 pairs; veins laxly reticulate; robust; elevated on both surfaces; base broadly cuneate-decurrent; apex obtuse or shortly acuminate with an obtuse acumen. Inflorescences unknown. Infructescences subterminal. Fruits green when immature; dark brown when mature; ellipsoid or broadly ellipsoid; 1.7-2.6 x 1.2-2 cm; rotund at both ends; smooth and glabrous; fruiting pedicels robust; 1-3.5 cm x 3-6 mm. Fr. Feb-Dec.
Mountain slopes; dense valley forests; 500-900 m. Guangxi; Hainan [Vietnam].
The wood is hard and used for furniture; farm tools; and house construction.