Vasilis Teodoridis:
Euphorbiaceae | Mallotus
21. Mallotus apelta (Loureiro) Müller Argoviensis; Linnaea. 34: 189. 1865.
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Shrubs or small trees 1-6 m tall. Branchlets whitish and brownish stellate-tomentulose when young. Stipules subulate; 2.5-4 mm; deciduous; petiole 5-15 cm; whitish tomentulose; leaf blade broadly ovate; 5-60 x 4-20 cm; papery; abaxially whitish tomentulose and scattered orange glandular-scaly; adaxially glabrescent or sparsely stellate-pilosulose; base truncate or contracted cuneate; rarely slightly cordate; with 2 basal glands; margin repand-denticulate; apex acute or acuminate; basal veins 3. Male inflorescences terminal; branched or unbranched; 15-50 cm; whitish tomentulose; bracts triangular; ca. 2.5 mm. Male flowers 1-5-fascicled; pedicel ca. 3 mm; calyx lobes 4; ovate; ca. 3 mm; tomentulose; stamens 50-75. Female inflorescences unbranched; peduncle 5-10 cm; bracts linear ca. 3 mm; infructescence 15-60 cm; densely cylindric; whitish tomentose. Female flowers: pedicel 1.5-2 mm; calyx lobes 3-5; ovate to triangular; 2.5-3 mm; tomentose; ovary 3(or 4)-locular; with stellate-tomentulose hairs; style ca. 3 mm; plumose. Capsule subglobose; densely softly spiny; spines filiform; 3-8 mm; whitish stellate-pubescent. Seeds ovoid; ca. 4 mm; often black; verruculose. Fl. May-Sep; fr. Aug-Nov.
Hill slopes; mountain valleys; thickets; forests; below 100-1000 m. SW Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; S Hunan; S Jiangxi; S Yunnan [Vietnam
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Machilus
6. Machilus thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 302. 1846.
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Litsea coreana H. Léveillé; p.p. (as to Taquet 1356); Machilus arisanensis (Hayata) Hayata; M. kwashotensis Hayata; M. macrophylla Hemsley var. arisanensis Hayata; M. nanshoensis Kanehira; M. taiwanensis Kamikoti; M. thunbergii var. kwashotensis (Hayata) Yamamoto; M. thunbergii var. trochodendroides Masamune; Persea arisanensis (Hayata) Kostermans; P. thunbergii (Siebold & Zuccarini) Kostermans.
Evergreen trees; usually 10-15(-20) m tall; trunk 65-130 cm d.b.h. Bark yellowish brown. Older branchlets rough; young branchlets purple-brown when fresh; glabrous. Buds ovoid or oblong-ovoid; bud scales golden brown or reddish brown; suborbicular; leathery; ciliate; apex rotund; outer scales puberulent; inner ones tomentose outside. Petiole slender; 1-3.5 cm; reddish when fresh; leaf blade lustrous on both surfaces; abaxially glaucescent; obovate to obovate-lanceolate; 4.5-9(-13) x 3-6 cm; leathery; glabrous on both surfaces; midrib distinctly elevated abaxially; somewhat impressed adaxially; lateral veins 7-12 pairs; slightly straightly ascendant; nearly curved at margin; veinlets obscure; base cuneate; apex obtuse or abruptly cuspidate. Inflorescences arising from base of young shoots; 5-11.8 cm; branched at upper part of peduncle; glabrous; many flowered. Pedicel 6-9 mm. Perianth lobes oblong; ca. 5 mm; outer ones narrower; slightly short; apex acute; glabrous outside; pubescent toward apex inside. Filaments glabrous; those of 3rd series with stipitate glands at base. Staminodes hispid at base. Ovary globose; glabrous; style slender; stigma capitate. Fruit green becoming dark purple; compressed globose; 8-10 mm in diam.; peduncle and fruiting pedicel reddish purple. Fl. Feb; fr. Jun-Aug.
Mountain slopes or valleys; broad-leaved forests; below 800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shandong; Taiwan; Zhejiang [Japan; Korea].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Machilus
6. Machilus thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 302. 1846.
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Litsea coreana H. Léveillé; p.p. (as to Taquet 1356); Machilus arisanensis (Hayata) Hayata; M. kwashotensis Hayata; M. macrophylla Hemsley var. arisanensis Hayata; M. nanshoensis Kanehira; M. taiwanensis Kamikoti; M. thunbergii var. kwashotensis (Hayata) Yamamoto; M. thunbergii var. trochodendroides Masamune; Persea arisanensis (Hayata) Kostermans; P. thunbergii (Siebold & Zuccarini) Kostermans.
Evergreen trees; usually 10-15(-20) m tall; trunk 65-130 cm d.b.h. Bark yellowish brown. Older branchlets rough; young branchlets purple-brown when fresh; glabrous. Buds ovoid or oblong-ovoid; bud scales golden brown or reddish brown; suborbicular; leathery; ciliate; apex rotund; outer scales puberulent; inner ones tomentose outside. Petiole slender; 1-3.5 cm; reddish when fresh; leaf blade lustrous on both surfaces; abaxially glaucescent; obovate to obovate-lanceolate; 4.5-9(-13) x 3-6 cm; leathery; glabrous on both surfaces; midrib distinctly elevated abaxially; somewhat impressed adaxially; lateral veins 7-12 pairs; slightly straightly ascendant; nearly curved at margin; veinlets obscure; base cuneate; apex obtuse or abruptly cuspidate. Inflorescences arising from base of young shoots; 5-11.8 cm; branched at upper part of peduncle; glabrous; many flowered. Pedicel 6-9 mm. Perianth lobes oblong; ca. 5 mm; outer ones narrower; slightly short; apex acute; glabrous outside; pubescent toward apex inside. Filaments glabrous; those of 3rd series with stipitate glands at base. Staminodes hispid at base. Ovary globose; glabrous; style slender; stigma capitate. Fruit green becoming dark purple; compressed globose; 8-10 mm in diam.; peduncle and fruiting pedicel reddish purple. Fl. Feb; fr. Jun-Aug.
Mountain slopes or valleys; broad-leaved forests; below 800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shandong; Taiwan; Zhejiang [Japan; Korea].