Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Oblong-leaved Litsea being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Machilus obovatifolia
- Litsea hypophaea
- Ternstroemia gymnanthera
- Embelia laeta
- Litsea coreana
- Machilus velutinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Litsea
- Species
- Litsea rotundifolia
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