Category: Litsea

Litsea kingii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 156 (1886) (syn: Malapoenna kingii Kuntze ); . NE. Nepal to S. China as per POWO; . SK 3837 12 August 2023: 7 high res. images. Location: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Date: 8 July 2023 Altitude: 2657m. Habitat : Wild Same tree : https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/CAJ Lauraceae … ??? I do not yet […]

Regarding identification of the species collected from Nagaland: 10 high res. images. Ficus ?? Please send more images with close ups. Looks like Litsea species. Can it be Litsea hookeri ?: https://efloraofindia.com/2017/10/17/litsea-hookeri/ Or is it something else? At present I do not have any knowledge on Litsea.  

Litsea doshia (D. Don) Kosterm., J. Sci. Res. (Jakarta) 1: 90 (1952) (syn: Litsea oblonga Wall. ex Hook.f. ; Litsea oblonga var. microphylla Nees ; Malapoenna doshia Kuntze ; Tomex doshia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Tetranthera doshia D.Don ;Tetranthera oblonga Wall. ex Nees); . Nepal as per POWO; . SK1992 11 June 2019 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10)- around 700 kb each. […]

Litsea laeta (Nees) Trimen, Fl. Brit. India 5: 169 1886. (syn: Litsea thomsonii (Meisn.) Hook.f.; Malapoenna laeta (Nees) Kuntze; Malapoenna thomsonii (Meisn.) Kuntze; Tetranthera laeta Nees; Tetranthera langifolia Thwaites; Tetranthera thomsonii Meisn.); . E. Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; . Litsea laeta: 2 images- 1 high res. Litsea laeta Behali Reserve Forest, Biswanath, Assam, […]

Litsea salicifolia (Nees) Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 5: 167 1886. (syn: Litsea atrata S. K. Lee; Litsea laevigata Gamble; Litsea polyantha f. glabra H. Liu; Litsea salicifolia f. glabra (H. Liu) C. K. Allen; Malapoenna glauca (Wall.) Kuntze; Tetranthera attenuata Wall.; Tetranthera diglatia Buch.-Ham. ex Nees; Tetranthera glauca Wall.; Tetranthera lanceifolia Roxb.; Tetranthera salicifolia Roxb. ex Wall.; Tetranthera saligna […]

Litsea chartacea Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 170 1886. (syn: Malapoenna chartacea (Wall. ex Nees) Kuntze; Tetranthera chartacea Wall.; Tetranthera chartacea var. nervosa Meissn); . N-India, Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; . Identification confirmation: 4 images. Kindly help in Id confirmation for this plant which commonly occurs in chir pine […]

Litsea monopetala ?;   SK1125 19 MAY 2018 : 9 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Location: Soureni, India Date: 7 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Wild Machilus odoratissima Nees ?? Looks different from images at http://manipurforestflora.co.in/specimen/view/308#prettyPhoto Can it be Persea americana Mill. as per images herein ? I guess it is Lauraceae ! May be Litsea […]

Litsea khasyana Meisn., Prodr. 15(1): 227 1864. (syn: Litsea meissneri Hook.f. [Illegitimate]) ?;   MS May,2016/12 Shrub for ID : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Dampui, MizoramDate : 03-05-2016Habit : Shrub or small treeHabitat : Wild Looks like species of Litsea of Lauraceae family Litsea species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published […]

Litsea hookeri (Meisn.) D.G.Long, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 510 1984. (syn: Cylicodaphne hookeri Meisn.; Lindera hookeri Meisn.; Litsea khasyana Meisn.; Litsea meissneri Hook. fil.; Malapoenna hookeri (Meisn.) Kuntze; Malapoenna khasiana (Meisn.) Kuntze; Tetranthera khasyana Meisn.); . ID No.08062011 RD03: Please help to identify this Tree Date/Time-24/05/2011– 11:30 AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Assam, […]

Litsea deccanensis Gamble ?; . ID KANNUR 12 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Please identify this small tree, hopefully Litsea sp. From Kannur District of Kerala. Riparian in nature. Looks a lot like Litsea glutinosa This could be Litsea deccanensis Pl. decide among the two: Litsea glutinosa and Litsea deccanensis Yes it’s

Litsea gorayana; New taxa from Southern Western Ghats- Litsea gorayana : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) – Litsea gorayana.pdf- 2 MB. I am attaching herewith … PDF files on the above subject for your information.

Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Benth. & Hook. fil. ex Villar (syn: .; Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Hook. fil.; Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Villar (ambiguous synonym); .; Litsea vartakii M.R. Almeida; Tetranthera lancifolia Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.); . Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), Assam, S. China as per Check list […]

Litsea oleoides Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 175 1886. ; . Habit- Trees up to 30 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark brownish, smooth. Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets subterete, glabrous. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 2-3.5 cm long, stout, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 13.5-18 x 6-9.5 cm, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, apex acute or obtuse, base […]

Litsea laevigata Gamble, Fl. Madras 1236 1925. ; . Habit- Trees up to 7 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark brown, lenticellate, smooth; blaze light orange. Branches and Branchlets- Young branchlets subterete, glabrescent. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate distichous; petiole 0.4-1.5 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 7-18 x 2-5.5 cm, usually oblanceolate to […]

Litsea ghatica Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 67 1985. ;   Habit– Trees up to 6 m tall. Trunk & Bark– Bark smooth, brown. Branches and Branchlets– Branchlets terete, grey tomentose. Leaves– Leaves simple, alternate, subverticillate; petiole 1-2.5 cm long, subterete, densely tomentose; lamina 9-34 x 6-13 cm, obovate, apex abruptly acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, […]

Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Robinson ?;      Plant for ID : 01072014 : RV 1 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). Please help to id this plant saw today (1.7.14) at SGNP, Borivali……. difficult to say whether it is a shrub or a tree as there were 3 to 4 of these […]

Litsea coriacea Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 166 1886. ; . LIT-see-a — Chinese litse or Ii, meaning small, little … Dave’s Botanarykor-ee-uh-KEE-uh — leathery … Dave’s Botanary .commonly known as: leather-leaf litsea • Kannada: ಎರ್ಚಿಕೂಟಿ erchikooti, ಮುಜ muja • Malayalam: മരവെട്ടിത്താളി maravettithaali, പന്നിത്താളി pannithaali, വെട്ടിത്താളി vettithaali • Tamil: பன்னித்தழை pannittalai • Tulu: ಎರ್ಚಿಕೂಟಿ erchikooti Names further compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/08/litsea-coriacea-bheyne-ex-nees-hookf.html . Dioecious trees, to 12 […]

Litsea quinqueflora (Dennst.) Suresh, Interpr. Hort. Malab. 158 1988. (syn. Litsea ligustrina (Nees) J.Hk.); . Small trees; branchlets densely tomentose. Leaves to 20 x 9 cm, obovate, obtuse at apex, acute to the base; nerves 9-11 pairs, reticulate; petiole 2.5 cm long. Peduncle 1.5-2 cm long. Umbellules 10-20 mm across; bracts orbicular, densely tomentose outside. […]

Litsea wightiana (Nees) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 177 177 1886. (Syn: Cylicodaphne wightiana Nees (Unresolved)) ?;    Evergreen dioecious trees, to 15 m high, bark surface brown, smooth, lenticellate; lenticels horizontal; branchlets brown pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 10-20 mm long, stout, brown pubescent; lamina 7-15 x 3-9 cm, obovate or oblong, base […]

Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 4 4 1807. (syn: Actinodaphne citrata (Blume) Hayata; Aperula citriodora (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume; Benzoin citriodorum Siebold & Zucc.; Benzoin cubeba (Lour.) Hatus.; Daphnidium cubeba (Lour.) Nees; Laurus cubeba Lour.; Lindera citrata (Blume) Koidz.; Lindera citriodora (Siebold & Zucc.) Hemsl.; Lindera dielsii H. Lév.; Litsea citrata Blume; Litsea […]