Phoebe zhennan is a large species of tree, up to 30 metres (98 ft) tall, in the genus Phoebe of the family Lauraceae. The name "Zhennan" is the transcription of one of the tree's Chinese names, 楨楠/桢楠. It is endemic to China, where it occurs in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan provinces. [2]

Aug 7, 2019 · Deep in the forest of Guizhou Province in southwestern China stands Phoebe zhennan, a species of tree that was once known as "gold in wood" because of its toughness. The wood was used as top-notch material to build royal architecture for …

May 20, 2024 · Golden Nanmu refers to a type of wood derived from the nanmu tree (Phoebe zhennan), which is native to China. It is highly prized for its beautiful golden color, fine grain, and durability. Historically, Golden Nanmu was used for imperial construction and …

Dec 21, 2023 · Golden Nanmu (Phoebe zhennan) is a valuable timber tree native to East and South East Asia. Go through this entire article to know everything about the precious Golden Nanmu plant and know its potential benefits.

Aug 26, 2020 · Phoebe zhennan is the major source of the well-known wood “Golden-thread nanmu,” which is extremely valuable due to its durability, unique special fragrance, and attractive golden color. This timber has been used for the manufacture of coffins and the construction of palaces and furniture for over a thousand years (Lan, 1994 ; Zhang, 2010 ).

Nov 18, 2024 · Phoebe zhennan, commonly known as “golden-thread nanmu,” is one of the most valuable and protected tree species in China. An accurate understanding of the population genetic structure and its environmental factors is of significance for the protection and selection of new P. zhennan varieties.

Apr 15, 2019 · Phoebe zhennan is a large tree with straight trunk and grey-brown or grey-yellowish villous as rare wood. In the study, the complete chloroplastid genome was assembled and annotated, its full length of 152,831 bp, include large single-copy (LSC) region of 93,753 bp, small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,928 bp, a pair of invert repeats (IR ...

Phoebe zhennan (Gold Phoebe) is a threatened tree species in China and a valuable and important source of wood and bioactive compounds used in medicine. Apart from anthropogenic disturbances, several biotic constraints currently restrict its growth and development.

Phoebe zhennan is a large species of tree up to 30 metres (98 ft) tall in the Lauraceae family. Zhennan was originally a Chinese word that related to its Chinese name 楠 (Nan). It is endemic to China where it occurs in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan provinces. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Large trees, up to 30 m or more; trunk straight. Buds densely gray-yellowish appressed villous. Branchlets usually slender, somewhat angular or subterete, gray-yellowish or gray-brown villous or pubescent.