Vasilis Teodoridis:
Daphniphyllaceae | Daphniphyllum
9. Daphniphyllum paxianum K. Rosenthal in Engler; Pflanzenr. 68(IV. 147a): 13. 1919.
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Daphniphyllum atrobadium Croizat & F. P. Metcalf; D. beddomei Craib; D. glaucescens Blume subsp. atrobadium (Croizat & F. P. Metcalf) T. C. Huang; D. glaucescens subsp. paxianum (K. Rosenthal) T. C. Huang.
Shrubs or small trees; 3-8 m tall; branchlets dark brown; sparsely white lenticellate. Petiole 1.5-3.5 cm; purplish brown; leaf blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate; 9-17 x 3-6 cm; thinly coriaceous or chartaceous; brown in dried state; neither glaucous nor papillose abaxially; shining adaxially; base cuneate or broadly cuneate; margin entire and crisped; apex falcate-acuminate or shortly acuminate; lateral veins 11-13 pairs and reticulate veins prominent on both surfaces. Male flowers: inflorescence 2-3 cm; pedicel 5-7 mm; bracts ovate; 1.5-2 mm; calyx disciform; 4- or 5-lobed; lobes ca. 0.5 mm; stamens 8-10; filaments ca. 1.5 mm; anthers oblong; ca. 2 mm; apex rounded or retuse. Female flowers: inflorescence 3-5 cm; pedicel 5-8 mm; calyx 4- or 5-lobed; lobes ovate; 0.5-1.5 mm; persistent; ovary ellipsoidal; ca. 1.5 mm; style branches recurved. Drupe ellipsoidal; 8-10 x 5-6 mm; slightly tuberculate; not glaucous; calyx persistent; style branches persistent. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Aug-Nov.
? Forests on mountain slopes or in valleys; 400-2300 m. S Guangxi; S Guizhou; Hainan; Sichuan (Emei Shan); S Yunnan.
The timber is used for building and furniture as well as papermaking.