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{{SPlantbox

| color = lightgreen

|familia=Lauraceae

| name = ''Litsea''

|genus=Litsea

| image = Litsea monopetala Bra45.png

|habit=tree

| image_width = 240px

|Min ht metric=cm

| image_caption = ''Litsea monopetala'' Illustration

|origin=Tropics and subtropics

| regnum = [[Plant]]ae

|lifespan=perennial

| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]

|features=evergreen, deciduous

| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]

|Temp Metric=°F

| ordo = [[Laurales]]

|image=Litsea monopetala Bra45.png

|image_width=180

| genus = '''''Litsea'''''

|image_caption=Litsea monopetala

| genus_authority = [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lam.]]

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =  

''[[Litsea calicaris]]''<br>

''L. monopetala''<br>

}}

}}

'''''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.

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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===Pests and diseases===

==Species==

==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.

* ''[[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)]

 

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[[Category:Laurales]]

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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