Litsea firma

Botanical Description

Litsea firma is an evergreen tree that can grow from 15 - 41 metres tall. The bole can be up to 80cm in diameter with buttresses up to 2.5 metres 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, , 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and is also traded as 'medang' timber[ 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, , 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. ].