Raffi at 02:54, 12 December 2009

2009-12-12T02:54:38Z

Murali.lalitha at 18:48, 11 December 2009

2009-12-11T18:48:53Z

Envoy at 09:57, 15 October 2007

2007-10-15T09:57:04Z

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Litsea''
| image = Litsea monopetala Bra45.png
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Litsea monopetala'' Illustration
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = [[Lauraceae]]
| genus = '''''Litsea'''''
| genus_authority = [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lam.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''200-400, including:'' 
''[[Litsea calicaris]]'' 
''[[Litsea cubeba|L. cubeba]]'' 
''L. glabrescens'' 
''L. glutinosa'' 
''L. monopetala'' 
''L. stocksii'' 
}}

'''''Litsea''''' is a genus of [[evergreen]] or [[deciduous]] trees or shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, [[Lauraceae]]. The genus includes 200-400 species in tropical and subtropical [[Asia]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[North America]] to subtropical [[South America]]; 70+ species in [[China]], mostly in south and southwest warm regions.

==Species==
* ''[[Litsea calicaris|L. calicaris]]'', Mangeao, New Zealand, a tree reaching 15 m in height with smooth dark greyish brown bark. Opposite leaves, 50-150 mm long, ovate or ovate-oblong, bluish-green below. Flowers small, in umbels of 4-5, drupe oblong-ovoid, 2 mm long, reddish and seated on a disc.
* ''[[Litsea cubeba|L. cubeba]]'', evergreen shrub or small tree with lemon-scented leaves and small, pepper-like fruit. The wood is used for furniture, construction,and lumber. The flowers, leaves and fruit are used as medicine and for extracting an [[essential oil]] (also called ''May Chang'') used in [[perfume|perfumery]].

* ''[[Litsea ichangensis|L. ichangensis]]'', forms part of Rhinopithicus roxellana summer diet.

==External links==
* [http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/litseacubeba.htm Useful New Plants (L. cubeba)]

[[Category:Laurales]]

{{fruit-tree-stub}}

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 {{SPlantbox
 |genus=Litsea
 |Min ht metric=cm
 |Temp Metric=°F
-|image=Upload.png
+|image=Litsea monopetala Bra45.png
-|image_width=240
+|image_width=180
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 {{Inc|
 Litsea (Japanese name). Lauraceae. Trees or shrubs of little horticultural importance, but may be planted S. Lvs. mostly alternate, coriaceous, usually evergreen: fls. dioecious, small, clustered in umbellike cymes, mostly white or yellow; perianth-tube very short or sometimes ovoid or bell-shaped, the lobes usually 4-6; stamens mostly 6-12: fr. a dry or succulent drupe, on the enlarged perianth-tube. Species perhaps 150 in warm and tropical countries well around the globe, one of them (L. geniculata, Benth. & Hook.) growing in shallow ponds, Ga. to La. Adanson's name, Malapoenna, is rejected by the Vienna or international rules.
 }}
-{{Taxobox
+==Cultivation==
-| color = lightgreen
+<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-| name = ''Litsea''
-| image = Litsea monopetala Bra45.png
+===Propagation===
-| image_width = 240px
+<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-'''''Litsea''''' is a genus of [[evergreen]] or [[deciduous]] trees or shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, [[Lauraceae]]. The genus includes 200-400 species in tropical and subtropical [[Asia]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[North America]] to subtropical [[South America]]; 70+ species in [[China]], mostly in south and southwest warm regions.
+===Pests and diseases===
 ==Species==
-* ''[[Litsea calicaris|L. calicaris]]'', Mangeao, New Zealand, a tree reaching 15 m in height with smooth dark greyish brown bark.  Opposite leaves, 50-150 mm long, ovate or ovate-oblong, bluish-green below.  Flowers small, in umbels of 4-5, drupe oblong-ovoid, 2 mm long, reddish and seated on a disc.
+* ''[[Litsea calicaris|L. calicaris]]'', Mangeao, New Zealand, a tree reaching 15 m in height with smooth dark greyish brown bark.  Opposite leaves, 50-150&nbsp;mm long, ovate or ovate-oblong, bluish-green below.  Flowers small, in umbels of 4-5, drupe oblong-ovoid, 2&nbsp;mm long, reddish and seated on a disc.
-* ''[[Litsea cubeba|L. cubeba]]'', evergreen shrub or small tree with lemon-scented leaves and small, pepper-like fruit.  The wood is used for furniture, construction,and lumber. The flowers, leaves and fruit are used as medicine and for extracting an [[essential oil]] (also called ''May Chang'') used in [[perfume|perfumery]].
+* ''[[Litsea cubeba|L. cubeba]]'', evergreen shrub or small tree with lemon-scented leaves and small, pepper-like fruit.  The wood is used for furniture, construction,and lumber. The flowers, leaves and fruit are used as medicine and for extracting an [[essential oil]] (also called ''May Chang'') used in [[perfume]]ry.
 * ''[[Litsea ichangensis|L. ichangensis]]'', forms part of Rhinopithicus roxellana summer diet.
-==External links==
+<gallery>
-* [http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/litseacubeba.htm Useful New Plants (L. cubeba)]
+Image:Upload.png| photo 1
-[[Category:Laurales]]
+==References==
-{{fruit-tree-stub}}
+{{stub}}

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		+	\|image_width=240
		+	}}
		+	{{Inc\|
		+	Litsea (Japanese name). Lauraceae. Trees or shrubs of little horticultural importance, but may be planted S. Lvs. mostly alternate, coriaceous, usually evergreen: fls. dioecious, small, clustered in umbellike cymes, mostly white or yellow; perianth-tube very short or sometimes ovoid or bell-shaped, the lobes usually 4-6; stamens mostly 6-12: fr. a dry or succulent drupe, on the enlarged perianth-tube. Species perhaps 150 in warm and tropical countries well around the globe, one of them (L. geniculata, Benth. & Hook.) growing in shallow ponds, Ga. to La. Adanson's name, Malapoenna, is rejected by the Vienna or international rules.
		+	}}
		+
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	\| color = lightgreen		\| color = lightgreen

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Raffi at 02:54, 12 December 2009

Murali.lalitha at 18:48, 11 December 2009

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