Japanese name: タイワンイヌグス（台湾犬樟） Scientific name:Phoebe formosana
[Overview]
An evergreen tree about 15 m tall.
The bark is brown and smooth.
The branches are at first densely covered with velvety hairs.
The leaves are simple and alternate, ovate-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, about 16 cm long and 3.5 cm wide, with a pointed tip and an entire margin.
The leaf texture is leathery, and the upper surface is glossy dark green.
The petiole is about 2 cm.
Panicles about 12 cm long arise from the leaf axils.
The flowers are white, about 4 mm across; the perianth is 6-lobed, and there are fertile stamens and staminodes.
The fruit is a spherical berry about 1 cm across, ripening dark purple to bluish black, and contains 1 seed.
[Uses]
The wood is used for construction, furniture and similar purposes.
The bark is used as a dye.
