Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Neolitsea
4. Neolitsea oblongifolia Merrill & Chun; Sunyatsenia. 2: 234. 1935.
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Trees; 8-10 m tall; sometimes up to 22 m tall. Young branchlets; petioles; and inflorescences ferruginous pubescent. Leaves alternate; sometimes 4-6 clustered at apex of branchlet; subverticillate; petiole 3-7 mm; leaf blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate; 4-10 x 0.8-2.3 cm; glabrous on both surfaces; except for midrib with ferruginous pubescence when young abaxially; pinninerved; lateral veins 4-6 pairs; base acute; apex obtuse; acute; or acuminate. Umbels 3-5; axillary or lateral; sessile; 4- or 5-flowered. Pedicel ca. 5 mm. Perianth segments 4; ovate; with ferruginous pubescence outside. Male flowers: fertile stamens 6; filaments glabrous; of 3rd whorls each with 2 rounded glands at base. Fruit globose; 8-10 mm in diam.; dark black-brown at maturity; fruiting pedicel thickened at apex; perianth segments often persistent. Fl. Aug-Nov; fr. Sep-Dec.
? Valleys; dense forests; forest margins; 300-900 m. Guangxi; Hainan.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Neolitsea
33. Neolitsea ovatifolia Yen C. Yang & P. H. Huang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(4): 44. 1978.
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Neolitsea ovatifolia var. puberula Yen C. Yang & P. H. Huang; N. phanerophlebia Merrill f. glabra H. Liu.
Shrubs. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate or clustered toward apex of branchlet; petiole 8-10(-15) mm; slightly flat; glabrous; leaf blade glaucous abaxially; ovate; 4-6(-8.5) x 2-2.5(-4) cm; glabrous and distinctly foveolate on both surfaces; triplinerved; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs; lowermost pair arising ca. 2 mm from base; other pairs arising from middle or below middle of blade; base obtusely rounded to cuneate; apex acuminate. Umbels solitary or 3- or 4-fascicled; 5-flowered; peduncle very short or lacking. Pedicel sericeous-pubescent. Perianth segments 4; elliptic. Male flowers: fertile stamens 6; filaments glabrous; of 3rd whorls each with 2 sessile rounded small glands at base; rudimentary pistil glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globose or subglobose; ca. 10 mm in diam.; glabrous; fruiting pedicel 5-8 mm; very stout; glabrous. Fr. Aug.
? Sparse forests in valleys. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; SE Yunnan.