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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.

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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==Cultivation==

| color = lightgreen

| name = ''Litsea''

 

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===Propagation===

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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae

| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]

| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]

| ordo = [[Laurales]]

| familia = [[Lauraceae]]

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

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

''200-400, including:''<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.

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==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.

* [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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