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In Singapore: Blue Laurel, Medang (Native to Singapore, Vulnerable)
Litsea umbellata is a tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae) native to wet tropical areas from Bangladesh and southern China through Southeast Asia to New Guinea. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so the care notes below are general guidance for a warm, humid climate.
Litsea umbellata is a species of tree in the family Lauraceae. It has also been known as L. cinerascens, L. gracilis and over 20 other synonyms (some originally considered endemic species or placed in other genus synonyms such as Tetranthera or Malapoenna). The known distribution includes wet tropical areas of Bangladesh, China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) Indochina, Malesia, through to New Guinea.
Litsea accedens · Round-leaved Bollywood · Engkala · Big leaf bollywood
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Litsea umbellata 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.
