Litsea monopetala
StarLitsea monopetala
Synonyms: Litsea hexantha, Tetranthera hirana, Tetranthera hexantha, Malapoenna monopetala, Tetranthera macrophylla, Tetranthera alnoides, Litsea polyantha, Tetranthera quadriflora, Tomex monopetala, Tetranthera monopetala var. minor, Tetranthera monopetala, Tomex pubescens
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Indian and Bangladeshi folk medicine the bark of Litsea monopetala is regarded as astringent and is applied externally to bruises and used internally for diarrhoea; leaf and root preparations are also used for skin complaints, rheumatic pain and as a fodder-galactagogue for livestock (Khare, 2007).
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Botanical Description
Litsea monopetala is a small to medium-sized evergreen or semi-deciduous tree of the family Lauraceae, widely distributed from the Indian subcontinent through Myanmar, Bangladesh, southern China and into Southeast Asia. It typically reaches 8–18 m in height with a straight trunk and dark grey, slightly fissured bark. The leaves are alternate, broadly obovate to elliptic, leathery, with a rounded or shortly acuminate apex and a velvety rusty-tomentose underside when young. Small unisexual yellowish flowers are borne in axillary clusters of subsessile umbels; the species is dioecious. The fruit is an ovoid berry, black when ripe, seated on a shallowly cup-shaped receptacle. It grows in moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forest, and is widely used as fodder, fuelwood and a host for lac insects.
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