Litsea myristicifolia

Botanical Description

Litsea myristicifolia is an evergreen tree that can grow from 6 - 27 metres tall. The bole can be up to 60cm in diameter, with short buttresses up to 100cm high[ 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. , 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also traded as a source of 'medang' timber[ 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. ]. Litsea myristicifolia 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. ].