Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Machilus
79. Machilus pomifera (Kostermans) S. K. Lee; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 186. 1963.
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Persea pomifera Kostermans; Reinwardtia 5: 394. 1961.
Trees; to 20 m tall. Branchlets gray-brown; glabrous; lenticellate; young branchlets sericeous. Terminal buds subglobose; bud scales brownish tomentose. Petiole 1-2.5 cm; sericeous to glabrate; leaf blade abaxially glaucous; elliptic; subobovate-elliptic; or oblanceolate; 5-12 x 2-5 cm; glabrous on both surfaces; midrib raised abaxially; slightly concave adaxially; lateral veins ca. 10 pairs; veinlets reticulate; inconspicuous. Panicles subterminal; to 9 cm; sparsely sericeous; with a few flowers. Flowers 3-4 mm. Perianth lobes equal; ca. 2 mm; sparsely sericeous. Stamens hairy; glands of 3rd series large; shortly stipitate. Staminodes sagittate; hairy. Ovary glabrous. Fruit globose; ca. 3 cm in diam.; fruiting pedicel somewhat enlarged; ca. 7 mm; persistent perianth lobes patent or reflexed. Fl. Jul-Sep; fr. Sep-Feb.
? Evergreen mixed broad-leaved forests. Hainan.