Litsea robusta

Botanical Description

Litsea robusta is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 23 metres tall. The bole can be up to 50cm in diameter[ 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, ]. 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 robusta has a wide range and is known from several protected areas. Although on a local level there is a decline in the area of occupancy and extent of occurrence, as well as a loss of quality of habitat, this is not considered to be sufficient to be a threat on a global scale. 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. ].