Vasilis Teodoridis:
Proteaceae | Helicia
17. Helicia cochinchinensis Loureiro; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 83. 1790.
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Helicia annularis W. W. Smith; H. tonkinensis Lecomte.
Shrubs or trees; 3-20 m tall. Branchlets and leaves glabrous. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic; obovate-oblong; narrowly oblong; or lanceolate; 5-12(-15) x 2.5-5.5 cm; papery to ± leathery; base cuneate and somewhat decurrent into petiole; margin entire; remotely serrate on apical half only in seedlings or leaves of fast growing shoots; apex shortly acuminate; ± acute; or obtuse; secondary veins 5-8 pairs. Inflorescences axillary; 7-14(-20) cm; rachis glabrous or sometimes rachis and pedicel whitish pubescent when young; glabrescent; bracts of flower pairs triangular; 1-1.5 mm; floral bracts subulate; ca. 0.5 mm. Pedicel 2.5-4 mm; free. Perianth whitish or yellowish; 0.9-1.2 cm; glabrous. Anthers 2-3 mm. Hypogynous glands ovate; free or sometimes connate into a deeply 4-lobed ring. Ovary glabrous. Fruit bluish black to black; ellipsoid; 1-1.5 x 0.8-1 cm; pericarp ca. 0.5 mm thick; leathery. Fl. Jun-Oct; fr. Nov-Mar.
Broad-leaved evergreen forests; mixed forests; plains; mountain slopes; (near sea level to) 800(-1300) m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan [Cambodia; Japan; Thailand; N Vietnam].
This species provides timber.