Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Litsea
19. Litsea variabilis Hemsley; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 26: 386. 1891.
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Evergreen shrubs or trees; up to 15 m tall. Branchlets puberulent; subglabrous; or appressed pubescent. Leaves opposite or subopposite; rarely alternate on same tree; petiole 8-10 mm; hairy like branchlets; leaf blade usually elliptic; oblong; or obovate; 5-14 x 2-4.5 cm; glabrous or subglabrous on both surfaces or densely gray-yellow pubescent abaxially; lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs; base cuneate or broadly cuneate; often red in a dried state; apex acuminate; obtuse; or slightly rounded. Umbels often in cluster of 3-8; axillary; 3-flowered; peduncle short; pubescent. Male flowers: pedicel very short; perianth segments 6; spatulate; fertile stamens 9; filaments pilose; of 3rd whorls each with 2 yellow subsessile rounded small glands at base. Fruit globose; 7-8 mm in diam.; seated on discoid perianth tube; black at maturity; fruiting pedicel extremely stout and short. Fl. May-Nov; fr. Sep-May of next year.
Broad-leaved forests; streamsides; dense forests on mountain slopes; 300-1700 m. Guangdong; S and W Guangxi; Hainan; SE Yunnan [Laos; N Thailand; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Litsea
19. Litsea variabilis Hemsley; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 26: 386. 1891.
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Evergreen shrubs or trees; up to 15 m tall. Branchlets puberulent; subglabrous; or appressed pubescent. Leaves opposite or subopposite; rarely alternate on same tree; petiole 8-10 mm; hairy like branchlets; leaf blade usually elliptic; oblong; or obovate; 5-14 x 2-4.5 cm; glabrous or subglabrous on both surfaces or densely gray-yellow pubescent abaxially; lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs; base cuneate or broadly cuneate; often red in a dried state; apex acuminate; obtuse; or slightly rounded. Umbels often in cluster of 3-8; axillary; 3-flowered; peduncle short; pubescent. Male flowers: pedicel very short; perianth segments 6; spatulate; fertile stamens 9; filaments pilose; of 3rd whorls each with 2 yellow subsessile rounded small glands at base. Fruit globose; 7-8 mm in diam.; seated on discoid perianth tube; black at maturity; fruiting pedicel extremely stout and short. Fl. May-Nov; fr. Sep-May of next year.
Broad-leaved forests; streamsides; dense forests on mountain slopes; 300-1700 m. Guangdong; S and W Guangxi; Hainan; SE Yunnan [Laos; N Thailand; Vietnam].