Litsea nhatrangensis

DESCRIPTION Tree 5 - 18 m tall, dbh 15 - 43 cm. Twigs stout, 6.3 - 7.4 mm thick, rounded in cross-section, glabrous; terminal leaf bud unknown. Leaves alternate; blade lanceolate, 18 - 45 × 10 - 16 cm, apex acute, sometimes emarginate, base cuneate, blade stiff-leathery, penninerved, secondary nerves 11 - 15 pairs, curving and looping near margin, tertiary nerves scalariform-reticulate; upper surface glabrous, midrib and secondary nerves raised, tertiary nerves distinct; lower surface glabrous, midrib and secondary nerves raised, tertiary nerves distinct; petiole half-terete, 23 - 55 mm long, swollen, glabrous. Inflorescences cauliflorous or in leaf axils, 15 - 30 mm long, in clusters of umbels, densely hairy; bracts 4, 5 - 6.3 × 4.5 - 5 mm, apex acute, velutinous. Flowers: male flowers: perianth lobes 3.4 - 4.6 × 0.9 - 1.7 mm, apex rounded to acute, sparsely hairy outside, glabrous inside; stamens 3.9 - 4.8 mm long, sparsely hairy; female flowers: perianth lobes lanceolate, 2 - 2.5 × 0.6 - 0.8 mm, apex acute, glabrous. Fruits globose, 20 - 25 × 20 - 22 mm, apex rounded, smooth, glabrous; cupule shallow, 18 - 20 × 9 - 10 mm, margin entire, warty; stalk slender, 6 - 8.5 × 5 - 6 mm (see Fig. 10).

(Figs 7; 10)