Litsea salicifolia Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, up to 10 m tall. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade long elliptic, 9-19 × 3-5.5 cm, glaucous and yellow-brown puberulent when young abaxially, glabrous adaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 10-15 pairs, base acute, apex acuminate or acute. Umbels axillary, in cluster of 2-6; peduncle 3-7 mm, glabrous or subglabrous; male umbel 4-6-flowered. Male flowers: pedicel ca. 1 mm, pubescent; perianth segments 6, ovate or lanceolate; fertile stamens 9; filaments villous at base, of 3rd whorls each with 2 stipitate globose glands at base; rudimentary pistil lacking. Fruit oblong, 10-11 × 5-6 mm; fruiting pedicel 4-7 mm, glabrous. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun-Sep.
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An evergreen shrub or tree. It can grow up to 10 m tall. The leaves are alternate and 9-19 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The fruit are oblong and 10-11 mm long by 5-6 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in sparse forests in valleys between 300-1,200 m above sea level in southern China. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten. They are tasty and pungent.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Abscess (bark), Furunculosis (bark), Abdominal pain (fruit), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Cardiovascular system (whole plant), Hypothermia (whole plant excluding root), Parasympatholytics (whole plant excluding root)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Litsea salicifolia world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Litsea salicifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466007-1
WFO ID wfo-0001070313
COL ID 3VNDV
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Synonyms

Malapoenna glauca Tetranthera diglatia Tetranthera attenuata Litsea salicifolia Litsea polyantha f. glabra Litsea salicifolia f. glabra Tetranthera salicifolia Tetranthera glauca Tetranthera glauca var. attenuata Tetranthera glauca var. elongata Tetranthera salicifolia var. ellipsoidea Tetranthera salicifolia var. elongata Tetranthera salicifolia var. attenuata Tetranthera salicifolia var. laurifolia Tetranthera salicifolia var. polyneura Tetranthera salicifolia var. reticulata Litsea atrata