Litsea Lam.
Fls in small umbels, enclosed before anthesis by 4-6 involucral scales; per. us. 4-6-lobed. ♂ with 9-12 stamens and abortive ovary; anthers 4-celled; inner row of filaments glandular at base. ♀ bearing staminodes; stigma us. dilated and irregularly lobed. Fr. drupaceous, seated in persistent, us. enlarged per. tube. About 180 spp., mostly tropical, of dioec. trees or shrubs with opp., rarely alt., lvs.
