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Litsea monopetala is a plant in the family Lauraceae, native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java. In Nepal, it is found in the regions from the Terai to 1450 m, in Shorea robusta forest and tropical evergreen forest. In India it is found in Assam, Odisha, Eastern Himalayas, Maharashtra (Pune, Sindhudurg) and Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Litsea monopetala 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
- Artocarpus lacucha
- Cordia sulcata
- Persea schiedeana
- Litsea bindoniana
- Alnus nepalensis
- Guettarda viburnoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Litsea
- Species
- Litsea monopetala
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