WorldFloraDB - Litsea monopetala

Characteristics

Evergreen trees up to 18 m tall, ca. 15 cm d.b.h. Branchlets densely ferruginous pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-3 cm, densely hairy like branchlets; leaf blade broadly ovate or obovate to ovate-oblong, 8-20 × 4-12 cm, densely ferruginous pubescent abaxially, along midrib ferruginous pubescent adaxially when young, pinninerved, lateral veins 8-12 pairs, base rounded or acute, apex obtuse or rounded, rarely acute. Umbels clustered on shortest branchlets, 4-6-flowered or more; peduncle 4-6 mm. Male flowers: pedicel 6-7 mm, ferruginous pubescent; perianth segments 5 or 6, yellow-white, lanceolate; fertile stamens 9; filaments pubescent, of 3rd whorls each with 2 stipitate glands at base. Fruit long ovoid, ca. 7 × 5 mm, seated on shallowly discoid perianth tube; fruiting pedicel ca. 1 cm. Fl. Nov-May or Jun of next year, fr. Jun-Jul.

More

A tree. It grows 18 m tall. The trunk is 15 cm across. The branches are densely hairy. The leaves are alternate. They are broadly oval and 8-20 cm long by 4-12 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. There are 4-6 flowers in a group. The fruit are oval and 7 mm long by 5 mm wide and in a shallow tube.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.15

Mature height (meter)

16.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Thickets or sparse forests on sunny slopes at elevations up to 1,500 metres, but mostly found on hills at low elevations. Mixed lowland and montane evergreen or semi-deciduous forest.

More

It is a subtropical plant.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	construction food material medicinal oil wood
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Loin (unspecified), Diarrhea (aerial part), Abdominal pain (bark), Abscess (bark), Antirheumatic agents (bark), Appetite stimulants (bark), Astringents (bark), Cardiovascular system (bark), Central nervous system diseases (bark), Contusions (bark), Diarrhea (bark), Dysentery (bark), Fractures, bone (bark), Furunculosis (bark), Intestinal diseases (bark), Pain (bark), Parasympatholytics (bark), General tonic for rejuvenation (bark), Sprains and strains (bark), Bronchitis (fruit), Whitlows (leaf), Abdominal pain (leaf), Astringents (leaf), Contusions (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Pain (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Contusions (root), Pain (root), Antirheumatic agents (seed), Pain (seed), Arthritis (stem), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Carbuncle (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Anasarca (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Fracture(Veterinary) (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Anticonvulsants (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Leaf

Distribution

Conservation status

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465855-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000365805
COL ID	3VN9V
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	706489
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Litsea monopetala Malapoenna monopetala Tetranthera hexantha Tetranthera macrophylla Tomex monopetala Tetranthera quadriflora Tetranthera villosa Tetranthera monopetala Tomex pubescens Tetranthera alnoides Litsea polyantha

WorldFloraDB 2024

Litsea monopetala Pers.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea