Litsea castanea

Botanical Description

Litsea castanea is an evergreen tree that can grow around 6 - 41 metres tall. The bole can be up around 10 - 87cm in diameter with buttresses up to 100m high[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, , 2011 Title A revision of Litsea (Lauraceae) in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore Publication Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 73(1): 81-178. 2021 Author Kok R.P.J. de Website http://10.26492/gbs73(1).2021-07 Publisher Year 2021 ISBN Description A very detailed treatment of the species ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and is also traded as 'medang' timber[ 895 Title Timber Notes - Light Hardwoods II Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 10 Author Gan K.S.; Lim S.C.; Choo K.T. Publisher Forest Research Institute; Malaysia Year 1998 ISBN 139-258 Description Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to five lesser known groups of light hardwoods from southeast Asia. It is available in PDF format on the Internet. ]. Litsea castanea has a wide range and is known from at least five protected areas. Although there is a decline in the area of occupancy and extent of occurrence, as well as a loss of quality of habitat, these threats are more on a local leve, whilst on a global level the species is not considered to be threatened. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' 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. ].