Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Beilschmiedia
17. Beilschmiedia tungfangensis S. K. Lee & L. F. Lau; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 194. 1963.
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Trees; up to 25 m tall; ca. 60 cm d.b.h. Bark red-brown or gray-brown. Branchlets gray-brown; slender; lenticellate; lenticels orbicular; fissured. Terminal buds small; gray-yellow pubescent. Leaves clustered at apex of branchlet; alternate or opposite; petiole slender; 6-15 mm; leaf blade brownish when dry; elliptic or narrowly elliptic; 6-9(-12) x 2-3(-5) cm; leathery; midrib elevated on both surfaces; lateral veins 4-7 pairs; slightly elevated on both surfaces; always curved and interconnected near leaf margin; veins slender; dense; adaxially minutely foveolate; abaxially always lax and conspicuous when dry; base cuneate; apex acuminate with an obtuse acumen; rarely acuminate or obtuse. Racemes axillary or terminal; ca. 1.5 cm; sparsely gray-yellow pubescent; 3-5-flowered. Pedicels 1.5-3 mm; 1-bracteate at base and 2-bracteolate below perianth tube; bracts lanceolate; villous; bracteoles linear. Flowers yellow. Perianth segments ovate; villous on both surfaces. Fertile stamens 9; filaments villous; those of 3rd whorl 2-glandular at base. Staminodes sagittate. Ovary ovoid; glabrous. Fruits ellipsoid; 2.5-4 x 2-2.5 cm; smooth; shiny; rounded at both ends; black-brown when mature; fruiting pedicels 5-10 x 3-4 mm. Fl. Jul; fr. Sep-Nov.
? Dense forests along streamsides in valleys. SW Hainan (Jianfeng Ling).