Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Cryptocarya
11. Cryptocarya maclurei Merrill; Philipp. J. Sci. 21: 344. 1922.
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Trees up to 22 m tall; ca. 15 cm d.b.h. Bark gray-black. Branchlets slender; subterete; ± angled; striate; densely rusty pubescent when young but glabrate and gray-black when mature. Leaves alternate; petiole 1.2-1.5 cm; concave-convex; densely rusty pubescent; leaf blade greenish or whitish and opaque abaxially; olive-green and shiny adaxially; oblong or oblong-ovate; 5-12 x 2-4.5 cm; abaxially rusty pubescent along midrib and lateral veins; adaxially rusty pubescent only along midrib; otherwise glabrous on both surfaces; midrib and lateral veins elevated abaxially; impressed adaxially; lateral veins 5-7 pairs; transverse veins slender; connected by reticulate veinlets; base broadly cuneate to subrounded; apex shortly acuminate. Flowers unknown. Fruit globose or oblate; ca. 1.5 cm in diam.; black when mature; glabrous; ca. 15-angulate when young. Fr. Aug-Feb of next year.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests on hilly land; forested valleys; 600-1000 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan.