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) |
Male flower | Male flower | Male flower |
November 2008 at a public garden |
November 2008 at a public garden |
November 2008 at a public garden |
Female flower | Female flower | Female flower |
November 2008 at a public garden |
November 2008 at a public garden |
November 2008 at a public garden |
November 2008 at a public garden |
November 2008 at a public garden |
November 2008 at a public garden |
November 2008 at a public garden |
November 2008 at a public garden |