Litsea calicaris Kirk

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Tree up to 12m. tall; trunk up to 8 dm. diam.; bark dark. Lvs alt., subcoriac., on petioles up to 2 cm. long; lamina 5-12.5 × 3-5 cm., ovate to oval to ovate-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, glab., ± glaucous below. Umbels 4-5-fld, involucrate, axillary, racemosely arranged; pedicels slightly hairy. Per. segs 5-8, creamy, oblong to ovate, 4-5 mm. long. Stamens c. 12; filaments slender, biglandular; staminodes flattened, biglandular; stigma dilated, irregularly 3-lobed. Drupe subovoid, c. 15-20mm. long, seated in enlarged per. tube; mesocarp reddish.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.08 - 6.28
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Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 1.2
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Environment

Lowland forest.
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Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Litsea calicaris unspecified picture

Distribution

Litsea calicaris world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465558-1
WFO ID wfo-0001070573
COL ID 3VMYN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tetranthera tangao Malapoenna calicaris Tetranthera calicaris Litsea calicaris Laurus calicaris Laurus calycaris