Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Beilschmiedia
36. Beilschmiedia percoriacea C. K. Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 450. 1942.
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Trees; 15-18 m tall; up to 1.5 m d.b.h.; whole plant glabrous. Bark gray-brown. Branchlets robust; slightly compressed; striate. Terminal buds ovoid; leathery. Leaves opposite or subopposite; petiole robust; 1.2-2 cm; leaf blade adaxially shiny; dark brown or black-brown when dry; narrowly elliptic or elliptic; 9-15(-19) x 4.5-6(-8) cm; slightly oblique; thickly leathery or leathery; midrib adaxially impressed; lateral veins 6-9 pairs; conspicuously elevated on both surfaces; reticulate veinlets conspicuously elevated; base cuneate; margin undulate and slightly revolute; apex usually shortly acuminate with an obtuse acumen. Panicles or racemes 1.5-5 cm; robust; a few clustered at apex of branchlet. Pedicels 5-10 mm. Perianth segments ovate or ovate-orbicular; 1.5-2 mm; glabrous or somewhat pubescent inside and margin white ciliolate. Fruits green when young; dark red or blackish brown when mature; narrowly ellipsoid; 4-4.5 x 1.5-2.5 cm; sometimes slightly oblique; smooth; fruiting pedicels 5-8 x 3-5 mm; not thickened at both ends. Fl. May; fr. Jun-Dec.
? Dense forests on mountain slopes; humid places in sparse mountain forests; ca. 1000 m. Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan.