Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Cinnamomum
26. Cinnamomum validinerve Hance; J. Bot. 20: 80. 1882.
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Trees. Branchlets angled; blackish when dry; glabrous or finely pubescent toward apex. Petiole up to 1.3 cm; leaf blade reddish and glaucous abaxially; shiny adaxially; elliptic; 4-9.5 x 2-3.5 cm; thickly leathery; triplinerved; midrib and lateral veins very elevated abaxially; slightly impressed adaxially; lateral veins evanescent toward leaf apex; transverse veins entirely inconspicuous abaxially; almost inconspicuous adaxially; base cuneate; apex abruptly shortly acuminate; acumen short and obtuse. Panicle laxly flowered; trichotomous; as long as leaf; branched; branches divaricate; apex of branch bearing a 3-flowered cyme. Pedicel very short. Perianth finely gray sericeous; perianth lobes ovate; slightly obtuse. Fruit unknown. Fl. Jul.
? Forests. Guangdong; Guangxi.