Neocinnamomum

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Neocinnamomum
Neocinnamomum delavayi
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Neocinnamomum

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Neocinnamomum (新樟属, xin zhang shu) is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. It is a genus of shrubs or small trees, indigenous to Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1][2]

They inhabit coastal to montane tropical forests, and laurel forests. These trees and shrubs are characteristic of the lower strata of the tropical rainforest but some species are at 20 m tall. They require a warm and wet climate with no extremes of heat and cold. These types of woody plants live in the laurel forests of the mountains[3] Although there can be months in which there is less rain, no prolonged dry season should occur and rain received on about 150 days per year. Present from rocky and stony ground to waterlogged and marshy areas.

The pollination is by insects that pollinate the very small bisexual flowers,[4] in inflorescences glomerules, They are condensed inflorescence with poorly defined branching,[5] while birds disperse the seeds by avidly eat the fruit berries. The berries are ellipsoid, globose or pear shape; The trees flower in rainy season and the fruits ripen 6 months later. Some species propagated vegetatively too.[6][7]


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References

  • Flora of China 7: 187–189. 2008.
  • Zhi-hua Wang, Jie Li, John G. Conran, Hsi-wen Li, "Phylogeny of the Southeast Asian endemic genus Neocinnamomum H. Liu (Lauraceae)", Plant Syst Evol (2010) 290:173–184. DOI 10.1007/s00606-010-0359-1. [1]