Actinodaphne obovata (Nees) Bl., Mus. Bot. 1:342 (1851)

Synonyms
Jozoste obovata Kuntze
Litsea obovata (Nees) Nees (non Hayata)
Tetradenia obovata Nees in Wallich
Tetranthera obovata Wall.

Description
Trees up to 10-18 m tall and ca. 20 cm dbh. Leaves in 3-5-clusters at tip of branchlet, subverticillate; leaf blade shiny upper surface, obovate to obovate-oblong to elliptc-oblong, 15-50 by 5.5-22 cm, ferruginous pubescent or glabrate lower surface when old, glabrous upper surface. Racemes composed of umbels, 5-flowered. Pedicel ca. 3 mm long. Perianth segments 6, yellow, ovate. Male flowers: fertile stamens 9; filements short, villous at base. Female flowers: ovary subglobose, villous. Fruits oblong or ellipsoid, 2.5-4.5 by 1-2 cm.

Ecology
Valleys, streamsides, moist mixed forests, 1000-2700 m elevation.

Uses
Seeds used for oil, the bark used medicinally to treat fractures.

Distribution
From northen India, Nepal, Bhutan and South China (southeastern Yunnan and Xizang).

Local names
China: Daoluanyehuangrounan.