Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Person

Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Person

(This plant is belongs to the family Lauraceae)

Litsea monopetala

(Huru)

(Hidayat T., 2017)

Classification:

Kingdom         : Plantae

Divisio             : Magnoliophyta

Classis             : Magnoliopsida

Order               : Laurales

Familia            : Lauraceae

Genus              : Litsea

Species            : Litsea monopetala

                       

Description:

Litseamonopetala is a small tree up to 18 m tall, bole straight to crooked, up to 60 cm in diameter, bark surface longitudinally fissured, dark greyish, inner bark brown mottled. Leaves alternate, 4.5-17 cm x 2.5-10 cm, blunt to acute, glabrous above, sparsely hairy below, midrib sunken above, with 6-13 pairs of secondary veins which are sunken above, tertiary venation scalariform, distinct below, petiole 1-2.5 cm long. Flowers in peduncled umbellules in short racemes, with (4-)6 tepals and 9- 12 stamens. Fruit oblong to ellipsoid, 0.7-1.2 cm long, seated on a small flat perianth cup. Flower appears in March-April and fruit ripen in July-August. The fruits of L. monopetala are thought to be dispersed by bats.

Uses

The wood (Medang) is used for furniture, planks and tool handles. The seed core contains ca. 30% oil and is used for industrial oil. The leaves are used as a topical medicine for the treatment of arthritis. The bark of this species is mildly astringent and powdered bark and roots are used externally against bruises and pains. Leaves are used for growing muga silkworm and as cattle fodder.

Spot Character:

Leaves broadly elliptic with blunt and/or acute

Benefit:

Medicinal Plant

Distribution:

Southeast Asia, China, India, and another tropical regions

Location

Zone 2 of UPI Botanical Garden

Leaf of Litsea monopetala

(HIdayat T.)

REFERENCE

Agroforestry Database 4.0 (Orwa et al.(2009). Litsea monopetala. [Online]. Tersedia:  http://old.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/AFTPDFS/Litsea_monopetala.PDF
Hidayat, T. dan Abdurahman, E. Keanekaragaman Tumbuhan Biji di Kampus UPI Bandung. Bandung: UPI Press