Lindera megaphylla

大香葉樹

Lindera megaphylla Hemsl.

名彙資訊

特徵描述

典藏標本

數位照片

分布位置

相關資訊

Hemsl., The journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany 26: 389. 1891. (J. Linn. Soc., Bot.)

Li, Woody Flora of Taiwan 213. fig. 78. 1963. (Woody Fl. Taiwan)

Lindera oldhamii Hemsl.

Henry, A List of Plants from Formosa 80. 1896. (List Pl. Formos.)
Lindera pricei Hayata

Hayata, Icones Plantarum Formosanarum 5: 178. 1915. (Icon. Pl. Formos.)
Benzoin pricei (Hayata) Kamikoti

Kamikoti, Annual report of the Taihoku botanic garden, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial Univeristy , Formosa, Japan 3: 79. 1933. (Ann. Rep. Taihoku Bot. Gard.)
Benzoin oldhamii (Hemsl.) Rehder

Kanehira, Formosan trees : indigenous to the island (revised) 200: . fig. 147. 1936. (Formos. Trees rev. ed.)

Lu, Ou & Lu, Illustrations of Trees of Taiwan 1: 93. 1997. (Ill. Tr. Taiwan)
Yeh-Ching Liu, Fu-Yuan Lu & Chern-Hsiung Ou, Trees of Taiwan revised . 1994. (Tr. Taiwan rev. ed.)
Yang, A list of plants in Taiwan . 1982. (List Pl. Taiwan)
Liu, Illustrations of native and introduced ligneous plants of Taiwan . 1961. (Ill. Nat. Intr. Lign. Pl. Taiwan)

tree

Medium-sized deciduous trees; branchlets glabrous, brown-black when dry; buds tomentose outside, margins glabrous.
Leaves alternate, thick chartaceous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 15-23 cm long, 4-10 cm broad, acute to acuminate at apex, acute at base, glabrous, deep brown-black above when dry, glaucous, glabrous to glabrescent and light grayish beneath, midrib impressed, concave above, elevated beneath, lateral veins 9-12 pairs, elevated on both surfaces, veinlets reticulate, slightly distinct above, very distinct beneath; petioles 1.8-3 cm long, glabrous, blackish when dry.
Inflorescences umbellate, axillary, appear September to March, 15-20-flowered; peduncles 1.5 cm long; involucral bracts 4, coriaceous, concave, pubescent, later glabrous outside; staminate flowers violet-red; pedicels pubescent, 1 cm long; tepals 6, long-obovate or spatulate, 4.5 mm long, 2.5 mm broad, slightly pubescent outside, rounded at apex; fertile stamens 9, ca. 6 mm long, filaments hirsute, anthers 2-celled, introrse, 1st and 2nd whorles of stamens eglandular, 3rd whorl with 2 green stipitate glands at base of filaments; reduced ovary minute.
Berry ellipsoid, violet-black, glabrous, 1.2 cm long, 1 cm across; pedicels 1-1.5 cm long, glabrescent.