Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Machilus
76. Machilus monticola S. K. Lee; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 185. 1963.
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Persea monticola (S. K. Lee) Kostermans.
Trees; up to 20 m tall. Branchlets gray-brown; glabrous. Leaves subopposite or subverticillate; petiole 1-1.2 cm; glabrous; leaf blade obovate; obovate-elliptic; or elliptic; 6-12.5 x 2-5.6 cm; leathery; glabrous on both surfaces; abaxially slightly glaucous; midrib abaxially raised; concave adaxially; lateral veins 5-7 pairs; veinlets inconspicuous on both surfaces; base attenuate; apex obtuse or subrounded. Panicles terminal; 2-7.5 cm; branched at middle of peduncle. Pedicel slender; 4-6 mm. Flowers white. Perianth lobes unequal; ovate; sparsely puberulent outside; densely pubescent inside. Stamens subequal. Staminodes triangular. Ovary ovoid; ca. 1 mm; style as long as ovary. Fruit globose; ca. 2 cm in diam.; fruiting pedicel ca. 5 mm; slightly enlarged. Fl. Oct; fr. Dec.
? Mountain valleys; mixed broad-leaved forests. Hainan.