Lauraceae FAMILY Least Concern

Litsea cordata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Litsea cordata is an evergreen shrub or a tree that can grow around 3 - 36 metres tall. The bole can be 45 - 60cm in diameter with short buttresses, whilst in swampy areas it develops stilt roots and pneumatophores[ 951 Title The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore. Vol. 47 Part 1. Publication Author Publisher Singapore Botanic Gardens; Singapore. Year 1995 ISBN 0374-7859 Description The botanical publication of Singapore Botanic Gardens, with a range of articles. This edition includes an annotated check list of the vascular plants of Peninsular Malaysia. , 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 cordata has a very wide range and is known from many 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(2013)[ 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 RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatLowland and hill forest[ 951 Title The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore. Vol. 47 Part 1. Publication Author Publisher Singapore Botanic Gardens; Singapore. Year 1995 ISBN 0374-7859 Description The botanical publication of Singapore Botanic Gardens, with a range of articles. This edition includes an annotated check list of the vascular plants of Peninsular Malaysia. ]. Peat swamp forest at around sea level in Thailand[ 931 Title Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 39 Publication Author Thawatchai Santisuk (Editor) Publisher The Forest Herbarium (BKF); Chatuchak, Bangkok. Year 2011 ISBN 0495-3843 Description 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. ]. Forests and in open vegetation, sometimes along rivers and in (peat) swamp forests; at elevations up to 200 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. ].