Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Litsea
3. Litsea cubeba (Loureiro) Persoon; Syn. Pl. 2: 4. 1807.
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Deciduous shrubs or small trees; 8-10 m tall. Branchlets glabrous or sericeous-pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 6-20 mm; glabrous; leaf blade lanceolate; oblong; or elliptic; 4-11 x 1.1-2.4 cm; glabrous on both surfaces or sericeous-pubescent abaxially; glaucous and sericeous-pubescent when young abaxially; lateral veins 6-16 pairs; base cuneate; apex acuminate or acute. Umbels solitary or clustered; 4-6-flowered; flowering before leaves or with leaves; peduncle 2-10 mm; reflexed or straight; glabrous or sericeous-pubescent. Male flowers: perianth segments 6; broadly ovate; fertile stamens 9; filaments hairy below middle; of 3rd whorls each with 2 shortly stipitate glands at base; rudimentary pistil glabrous. Fruit subglobose; ca. 5 mm in diam.; black at maturity; fruiting pedicel 2-4 mm. Fl. Feb-Mar; fr. Jul-Aug.
Sunny slopes; thickets; sparse forests; roadsides; watersides; 300-3200 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [S and SE Asia].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Litsea
3. Litsea cubeba (Loureiro) Persoon; Syn. Pl. 2: 4. 1807.
??? shan ji jiao
Deciduous shrubs or small trees; 8-10 m tall. Branchlets glabrous or sericeous-pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 6-20 mm; glabrous; leaf blade lanceolate; oblong; or elliptic; 4-11 x 1.1-2.4 cm; glabrous on both surfaces or sericeous-pubescent abaxially; glaucous and sericeous-pubescent when young abaxially; lateral veins 6-16 pairs; base cuneate; apex acuminate or acute. Umbels solitary or clustered; 4-6-flowered; flowering before leaves or with leaves; peduncle 2-10 mm; reflexed or straight; glabrous or sericeous-pubescent. Male flowers: perianth segments 6; broadly ovate; fertile stamens 9; filaments hairy below middle; of 3rd whorls each with 2 shortly stipitate glands at base; rudimentary pistil glabrous. Fruit subglobose; ca. 5 mm in diam.; black at maturity; fruiting pedicel 2-4 mm. Fl. Feb-Mar; fr. Jul-Aug.
Sunny slopes; thickets; sparse forests; roadsides; watersides; 300-3200 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [S and SE Asia].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Litsea
3. Litsea cubeba (Loureiro) Persoon; Syn. Pl. 2: 4. 1807.
??? shan ji jiao
Deciduous shrubs or small trees; 8-10 m tall. Branchlets glabrous or sericeous-pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 6-20 mm; glabrous; leaf blade lanceolate; oblong; or elliptic; 4-11 x 1.1-2.4 cm; glabrous on both surfaces or sericeous-pubescent abaxially; glaucous and sericeous-pubescent when young abaxially; lateral veins 6-16 pairs; base cuneate; apex acuminate or acute. Umbels solitary or clustered; 4-6-flowered; flowering before leaves or with leaves; peduncle 2-10 mm; reflexed or straight; glabrous or sericeous-pubescent. Male flowers: perianth segments 6; broadly ovate; fertile stamens 9; filaments hairy below middle; of 3rd whorls each with 2 shortly stipitate glands at base; rudimentary pistil glabrous. Fruit subglobose; ca. 5 mm in diam.; black at maturity; fruiting pedicel 2-4 mm. Fl. Feb-Mar; fr. Jul-Aug.
Sunny slopes; thickets; sparse forests; roadsides; watersides; 300-3200 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [S and SE Asia].