Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Machilus
22. Machilus velutina Champion ex Bentham; Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 198. 1853.
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Actinodaphne magniflora C. K. Allen; Persea velutina (Champion ex Bentham) Kostermans.
Trees; to 18 m tall; trunk ca. 40 cm d.b.h.; all parts densely ferruginous tomentose. Petiole 1-2.5(-3) cm; leaf blade lustrous adaxially; narrowly obovate; elliptic; or narrowly ovate; 5-11(-18) x 2-2.5(-5.5) cm; leathery; midrib abaxially raised; slightly concave adaxially; lateral veins 8-11 pairs; abaxially conspicuously raised; veinlets very slender; inconspicuous; base cuneate; apex attenuate or shortly acuminate. Inflorescences terminal; 2-3 cm; peduncle very short. Flowers yellowish; fragrant; densely ferruginous tomentose. Perianth lobes slightly unequal; inner ones ovate; ca. 6 x 3 mm. Stamens ca. 5 mm; filaments of 3rd series tomentose at base; glands cordate; stipitate. Staminodes ca. 2 mm; tomentose. Ovary reddish when alive. Fruit purplish red; globose; ca. 4 mm in diam. Fl. Oct-Dec; fr. Feb-Mar.
Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Jiangxi; Zhejiang [Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam].
Machilus velutina var. longipedunculata C. J. Qi (Bull. Bot. Res.; Harbin 1(1-2): 154. 1981) was described from Hunan but could not be treated here because no material was seen by the present authors.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Machilus
22. Machilus velutina Champion ex Bentham; Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 198. 1853.
???? rong mao run nan
Actinodaphne magniflora C. K. Allen; Persea velutina (Champion ex Bentham) Kostermans.
Trees; to 18 m tall; trunk ca. 40 cm d.b.h.; all parts densely ferruginous tomentose. Petiole 1-2.5(-3) cm; leaf blade lustrous adaxially; narrowly obovate; elliptic; or narrowly ovate; 5-11(-18) x 2-2.5(-5.5) cm; leathery; midrib abaxially raised; slightly concave adaxially; lateral veins 8-11 pairs; abaxially conspicuously raised; veinlets very slender; inconspicuous; base cuneate; apex attenuate or shortly acuminate. Inflorescences terminal; 2-3 cm; peduncle very short. Flowers yellowish; fragrant; densely ferruginous tomentose. Perianth lobes slightly unequal; inner ones ovate; ca. 6 x 3 mm. Stamens ca. 5 mm; filaments of 3rd series tomentose at base; glands cordate; stipitate. Staminodes ca. 2 mm; tomentose. Ovary reddish when alive. Fruit purplish red; globose; ca. 4 mm in diam. Fl. Oct-Dec; fr. Feb-Mar.
Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Jiangxi; Zhejiang [Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam].
Machilus velutina var. longipedunculata C. J. Qi (Bull. Bot. Res.; Harbin 1(1-2): 154. 1981) was described from Hunan but could not be treated here because no material was seen by the present authors.