Neolitsea sericea




Family Lauraceae
Scientific name Neolitsea sericea (Blume) Koidzumi
Synonyms Laurus sericea Blume; Litsea glauca (Thunberg) Siebold; Malapoenna sieboldii Kuntze; Neolitsea glauca (Thunberg) Koidzumi; Neolitsea sericea (Blume) Koidzumi forma xanthocarpa (Makino) Okuyama; Neolitsea sieboldii (Kuntze) Nakai; Tetradenia glauca (Siebold) Matsumura
Common name (Japanese common name) shiro-damo (シロダモ, 白ダモ [meaning: white leaved canoe tree]), shor-tabu (シロタブ, 白タブ [meaning: white leaved canoe tree])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Miyago Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants ca. 10-15m tall. Leaves 8-18cm long. Flowers yellow green, flowering in October to November. Fruits red or yellow (forma xanthocarpa) ca. 1.2-1.5cm long. Evergreen. Arbor trees.
Reference Neolitsea sericea (Blume) Koidz.
Dimorphism of Leaf Galls Induced by Pseudasphondylia neolitseae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Neolitsea sericea (Lauraceae) and Their Distributional Patterns in Kyushu, Japan
Alkaloids isolated from the Trunk Bark of Neolitsea sericea (BLUMB) KOIDZ
Control of protozoal disease (US Patent 5135746/1992)
Control of protozoal disease (European Patent EP19900304171/1990)
Cosmetic composition containing plant steam distillation water (Japanese Patent JP2001226218/2001)




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November 2008
at a public garden
November 2008
at a public garden
November 2008
at a public garden