Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Lindera
19. Lindera nacusua (D. Don) Merrill; Lingnan Sci. J. 15: 419. 1936.
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Evergreen shrubs or trees; 2-10(-15) m tall; 10-15 cm d.b.h. Bark gray; longitudinally split striate. Branchlets brown; striate; densely yellow-brown villous; later slightly villous. Terminal bud broadly ovate; ca. 7 mm; bud scales densely yellow-brown pubescent except margin. Leaves alternate; petiole stout; 5-7(-10) mm; densely yellow-brown pubescent; leaf blade shiny adaxially; broadly ovate; elliptic; narrowly elliptic; elliptic-lanceolate; or lanceolate; 6-11(-15) x (3-)3.5-6(-7.5) cm; leathery; densely or sometimes laxly yellow-brown villous abaxially; slightly yellow-brown pubescent on midrib adaxially; lateral veins 6-8 pairs; rather thick; midrib convex abaxially; concave adaxially; base acute or cuneate; sometimes subrounded; apex acute. Umbels solitary or 2-4-fascicled in leaf axil; with 2-3 mm long peduncle and involucral bracts; male umbel 8-flowered; female umbel (2 or)3-6-flowered. Male flowers yellow; pedicels 4-5.5 mm; densely yellow-brown pubescent; tepals 6; ovate; ca. 3.5 x 2 mm; yellow-brown pubescent or glabrous on keel outside; glabrous inside; stamens 9; 4-4.5 mm; filaments glabrous; 2-glandular near middle in 3rd whorl; glands broadly reniform; cornute; pistil reduced; ovary ovate; ca. 1.5 mm; style ca. 1 mm; stigma obscure. Female flowers yellow; pedicels 3-5 mm; tepals 6; broadly ovate; ca. 2 x 1.5 mm; reduced stamens 9; ca. 1.5 mm; 2-glandular at middle of filament in 3rd whorl; glands rounded-reniform; nearly equal to length of filament; anther sterile or reduced to 1-celled; sometimes fertile and 2-celled; ovary obovate; ca. 2 mm; glabrous; style stout; ca. 1 mm; glabrous; stigma capitate. Fruits subglobose; red at maturity; stipes stout; 5-7 mm; thickened toward apex; slightly yellow-brown pubescent. Fl. May-Jun; fr. Jul-Oct.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests in valleys or on mountain slopes; 700-2500 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; SE Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; India; Myanmar; Nepal; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Lindera
19. Lindera nacusua (D. Don) Merrill; Lingnan Sci. J. 15: 419. 1936.
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Evergreen shrubs or trees; 2-10(-15) m tall; 10-15 cm d.b.h. Bark gray; longitudinally split striate. Branchlets brown; striate; densely yellow-brown villous; later slightly villous. Terminal bud broadly ovate; ca. 7 mm; bud scales densely yellow-brown pubescent except margin. Leaves alternate; petiole stout; 5-7(-10) mm; densely yellow-brown pubescent; leaf blade shiny adaxially; broadly ovate; elliptic; narrowly elliptic; elliptic-lanceolate; or lanceolate; 6-11(-15) x (3-)3.5-6(-7.5) cm; leathery; densely or sometimes laxly yellow-brown villous abaxially; slightly yellow-brown pubescent on midrib adaxially; lateral veins 6-8 pairs; rather thick; midrib convex abaxially; concave adaxially; base acute or cuneate; sometimes subrounded; apex acute. Umbels solitary or 2-4-fascicled in leaf axil; with 2-3 mm long peduncle and involucral bracts; male umbel 8-flowered; female umbel (2 or)3-6-flowered. Male flowers yellow; pedicels 4-5.5 mm; densely yellow-brown pubescent; tepals 6; ovate; ca. 3.5 x 2 mm; yellow-brown pubescent or glabrous on keel outside; glabrous inside; stamens 9; 4-4.5 mm; filaments glabrous; 2-glandular near middle in 3rd whorl; glands broadly reniform; cornute; pistil reduced; ovary ovate; ca. 1.5 mm; style ca. 1 mm; stigma obscure. Female flowers yellow; pedicels 3-5 mm; tepals 6; broadly ovate; ca. 2 x 1.5 mm; reduced stamens 9; ca. 1.5 mm; 2-glandular at middle of filament in 3rd whorl; glands rounded-reniform; nearly equal to length of filament; anther sterile or reduced to 1-celled; sometimes fertile and 2-celled; ovary obovate; ca. 2 mm; glabrous; style stout; ca. 1 mm; glabrous; stigma capitate. Fruits subglobose; red at maturity; stipes stout; 5-7 mm; thickened toward apex; slightly yellow-brown pubescent. Fl. May-Jun; fr. Jul-Oct.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests in valleys or on mountain slopes; 700-2500 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; SE Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; India; Myanmar; Nepal; Vietnam].