Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Lindera
34. Lindera pulcherrima (Nees) J. D. Hooker; Fl. Brit. India. 5: 185. 1886.
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Evergreen trees; 7-10 m tall. Branchlets green; smooth; striate; white pubescent; later deciduous. Buds ovate-oblong; ca. 4 mm; or ellipsoid and 7-8 mm; bud scales white pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 8-12 mm; white pubescent; leaf blade blue-gray abaxially; green adaxially; narrowly ovate; obovate; oblong; oblong-lanceolate; or elliptic; 8-13 x 2-4.5 cm; white pubescent on both surfaces when young; later glabrous or nearly glabrous; trinerved; midrib and lateral veins yellow; distinctly convex abaxially; slightly convex adaxially; base rounded or broadly cuneate; apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate and up to 2-3 cm. Umbels 3-5; inserted at top of 1-3 mm short branchlets in leaf axil; sometimes short branchlets developing into normal branchlets. Male flowers: tepals 6; elliptic; equal in length; laxly white pubescent on dorsal keel; glabrous inside; stamens 9; filaments white pubescent; 2-glandular near base in 3rd whorl; glands reniform; stipitate; reduced pistil white pubescent. Female flowers not seen. Fruits ellipsoid; ca. 8 x 6 mm when mature; laxly white pubescent and densely white pubescent on apex or glabrous when young. Fr. Jun-Aug.
Forests; mountain slopes; riversides; forest margins; thickets; below 100-3700 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Shaanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; India; Nepal].