Machilus pauhoi seed

LATIN NAME: Machilus pauhoi

COMMON NAME: Pauhoi

The pauhoi is a handsome, upright, evergreen tree of the warm forests, and its fine, oval or lance-shaped, glossy, leathery leaves and its small, inconspicuous, yellowish-green flowers, followed by the small, round, black, fleshy fruits, have made it a treasured and fine tree of the region. It grows as an upright, evergreen tree, reaching up to thirty metres or more, with the upright, tapering trunk bearing the alternate, oval or lance-shaped, pointed, glossy, leathery leaves and, through the spring, the small, inconspicuous, yellowish-green flowers, followed by the small, round, black, fleshy, single-seeded fruits. It is a species of the flowering tree in the laurel family, and it is native to the warm forests of the southern China and the south-eastern Asia, while it is prized for its fine, glossy foliage and its fine timber, and it is known as the pauhoi.

In the laurel family it is the glossy, leathery tree of the warm forests, a species whose straight trunk and polished leaves have served both the forest and the workshop.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The pauhoi appears in the forest-ecology papers of the southern China as a fine subject of the warm forest study, and the botanists have mapped its place in the laurel family and the regional flora. The foresters have studied the tall, straight form and the useful timber of the region, and the wildlife ecologists have watched the birds and the forest animals come to the small, round, black fruits. It is a tree of the forest-scale, useful kind, and the growers of the warm-region evergreens keep it in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm, moist garden, the pauhoi is the glossy tree of the big garden. Its small flowers feed the insects, its black, fleshy fruits feed the birds and the wildlife, and the leathery, evergreen crown gives the garden shade and shelter through the year. The useful timber has served the fine building and the crafts of the region, and the tree grows well in the rich, moist, well-drained ground. Glossy, straight and useful.

These are fresh-loving seeds — clean them off the small, black fruits and sow them straight away at a shallow depth in pots of rich, moist, free-draining soil, keep the pots in a sheltered, half-shaded spot and never let them dry out, and the first leaves will come up steadily.