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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:''<br>
''[[Litsea calicaris]]''<br>
''[[Litsea cubeba|L. cubeba]]''<br>
''L. glabrescens''<br>
''L. glutinosa''<br>
''L. monopetala''<br>
''L. stocksii''<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.
==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}}
| 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:''<br>
''[[Litsea calicaris]]''<br>
''[[Litsea cubeba|L. cubeba]]''<br>
''L. glabrescens''<br>
''L. glutinosa''<br>
''L. monopetala''<br>
''L. stocksii''<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.
==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}}