Vasilis Teodoridis:
Proteaceae | Helicia
19. Helicia longipetiolata Merrill & Chun; Sunyatsenia. 2: 217. 1935.
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Trees 5-15 m tall. Branchlets apically brown pilosulose; glabrescent. Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic; oblong-lanceolate; or broadly lanceolate; 7-18 x 2-6 cm; leathery; glabrescent; base cuneate and somewhat decurrent into petiole; margin entire; apex acute to acuminate; midvein raised on both surfaces; secondary veins 6-11 on each side of midvein; slightly raised on both surfaces; reticulate veins adaxially conspicuous. Inflorescences axillary or ramiflorous; 15-20 cm; glabrous; bracts of flower pairs subulate; 1-3 mm; floral bracts ca. 0.5 mm. Pedicels free or basally connate. Perianth white; 1.6-2.5 cm. Anthers 2.5-3.5 mm. Hypogynous glands connate into a crenulate cup. Ovary glabrous. Fruit greenish black; ± globose; 1.5-2.5 cm in diam.; apex apiculate; pericarp ca. 1 mm thick; leathery. Fl. Jun-Jan.
Montane forests; 400-1000 m. W Guangdong; SW Guangxi; Hainan [Thailand; N Vietnam].