Lauraceae FAMILY Least Concern
Litsea mollis
Litsea mollis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitDeciduous Shrub
Growth—
Litsea mollis is a plant mainly of warm temperate and subtropical areas, though it is also found in northern Thailand (where it is probably naturalized). The leaves and fruits are aromatic when crushed, and resemble the smell of lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus)[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[2].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Litsea+mollis>
Pollinators
Insects
References
- [1]Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 39 — Thawatchai Santisuk (Editor) · The Forest Herbarium (BKF); Chatuchak, Bangkok. · 2011 · ISBN 0495-3843 ↩︎A botanical journal, publishing papers on taxonomy (especially vascular plants), nomenclature, phylogeny, systematics, plant geography, and floristics; also morphology, palynology, cytotaxonomy, chemotaxonomy, anatomy and other relevant disciplines.
- [2]A revision of Litsea (Lauraceae) in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore — Kok R.P.J. de · 2021 · http://10.26492/gbs73(1).2021-07 ↩︎A very detailed treatment of the species
- [3]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
- [4]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
- [5]The genus Litsea in traditional Chinese medicine: An ethnomedical, phytochemical and pharmacological review — Kong, D.-G., et al. · 2015 · http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2015.02.020 · ISBN 0378-8741 ↩︎