Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Cryptocarya
16. Cryptocarya metcalfiana C. K. Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 457. 1942.
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Cryptocarya howii C. K. Allen.
Trees; up to 30 m tall; to 30 cm d.b.h. Old branchlets brown; robust; angled; grayish brown lenticellate; glabrous; young branchlets angled; finely striate; sparsely pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-2 cm; plano-convex; glabrous; leaf blade slightly glaucous green abaxially; shiny adaxially; lanceolate; lanceolate-elliptic; or lanceolate-ovate to ovate; 5-12(-14) x 2.5-4(-5.5) cm; leathery; glabrous on both surfaces; midrib elevated abaxially; impressed adaxially; lateral veins 3-7 pairs; elevated abaxially; slightly impressed adaxially; veins and veinlets reticulate; conspicuous abaxially; inconspicuous adaxially; base cuneate and always asymmetric; apex acute; obtuse; or shortly acuminate. Panicles subracemose; axillary and terminal; many flowered; usually longer than leaf; ca. 10 cm; brown villous; terminal branches short; glaucous; 2- or 3-flowered. Pedicels slender; ca. 1 mm; pubescent. Flowers greenish yellow; ca. 3 mm. Fruit green when young and black when mature; narrowly ellipsoid; 1.4-2.5 x 1-1.1 cm; glabrous; inconspicuously angled; fruit stalk dilated; 2-3 mm. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Jun-Dec.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests; below 900 m. Hainan.
The wood is finely grained; heavy; durable; and is used for making furniture.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Cryptocarya
16. Cryptocarya metcalfiana C. K. Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 457. 1942.
????? chang xu hou ke gui
Cryptocarya howii C. K. Allen.
Trees; up to 30 m tall; to 30 cm d.b.h. Old branchlets brown; robust; angled; grayish brown lenticellate; glabrous; young branchlets angled; finely striate; sparsely pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-2 cm; plano-convex; glabrous; leaf blade slightly glaucous green abaxially; shiny adaxially; lanceolate; lanceolate-elliptic; or lanceolate-ovate to ovate; 5-12(-14) x 2.5-4(-5.5) cm; leathery; glabrous on both surfaces; midrib elevated abaxially; impressed adaxially; lateral veins 3-7 pairs; elevated abaxially; slightly impressed adaxially; veins and veinlets reticulate; conspicuous abaxially; inconspicuous adaxially; base cuneate and always asymmetric; apex acute; obtuse; or shortly acuminate. Panicles subracemose; axillary and terminal; many flowered; usually longer than leaf; ca. 10 cm; brown villous; terminal branches short; glaucous; 2- or 3-flowered. Pedicels slender; ca. 1 mm; pubescent. Flowers greenish yellow; ca. 3 mm. Fruit green when young and black when mature; narrowly ellipsoid; 1.4-2.5 x 1-1.1 cm; glabrous; inconspicuously angled; fruit stalk dilated; 2-3 mm. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Jun-Dec.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests; below 900 m. Hainan.
The wood is finely grained; heavy; durable; and is used for making furniture.