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Lauraceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Litsea stocksii

Litsea stocksii

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Litsea stocksii is an evergreen tree growing around 10 - 20 metres tall[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Litsea stocksii is only known from the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The forests in which it grows are under the threat of deforestation and habitat destruction. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southwestern India (Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)
HabitatSemi-evergreen and evergreen forests of the Western Ghats; at elevations from 900 - 1,400 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].