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Litsea hirsutissima

Litsea hirsutissima is a shrub or tree in the laurel family, native to the wet tropical forests of Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. It is a forest species rarely grown in gardens, and it is threatened by habitat loss.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth, and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich, slightly acidic forest-type mix.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Litsea hirsutissima is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Litsea plants

Litsea accedens · Litsea auriculata · Brown Bolly Gum · Litsea beddomei · Litsea bennettii · Round-leaved Bollywood · Litsea calicaris · Litsea claviflora · Bollywood · Litsea · Litsea curtisii · Litsea dilleniifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Litsea hirsutissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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