Phoebe puwenensis
W. C. Cheng
LauraceaeFruit
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The New York Botanical Garden
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten raw.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests between 800-1,500 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China.
Asia, China,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A large tree. It grows 30 m tall. The leaves are oval and 10-23 cm long by 5-9 cm wide. They have hairs underneath. The flowers are yellowish. The fruit are oval and 1.3 cm long by 7 mm wide.
Production
In southern China plants flower in March to April and fruit June to July.
