Litsea is a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes a large number of accepted species in tropical and subtropical areas of North America and Asia. Characteristics They are typically dioecious trees or shrubs. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on species, and aromatic. They have leaves alternate or opposite or in whorls. The inconspicuous flowers range from greenish to white, greenish-yellow, to yellowish. The inflorescences are pseudo-umbels, flat-topped or rounded flower clusters, each pseudo-umbel with an involucre of four or six decussate bracts. Species Currently accepted species include: Litsea aban-gibotii Ng Litsea accedens (Blume) Boerl. Litsea accedentoides Koord. & Valeton Litsea acrantha Ridl. Litsea acutifolia (Liou Ho) Kosterm. Litsea acutivena Hayata Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald Litsea akoensis Hayata Litsea alba Kosterm. Litsea albayana S.Vidal Litsea albescens (Hook.f.) D.G.Long Litsea albicans (Kurz) Hook.f. Litsea albida (Kosterm.) Kosterm. Litsea alleniana A.C.Sm. Litsea alveolata C.K.Allen Litsea amicorum Kosterm. Litsea anamo Kosterm. Litsea andreana Ng Litsea aneityensis Guillaumin Litsea angulata Blume Litsea anomala Merr. Litsea areolata (Blume) Boerl. Litsea artocarpifolia Gamble Litsea assamica Hook.f. Litsea aurea Kosterm. Litsea auricolor Kosterm. Litsea auriculata S.S.Chien & W.C.Cheng Litsea australis B.Hyland Litsea bainingensis Rech. Litsea balansae Lecomte Litsea barringtonioides Kosterm. Litsea baruringensis Elmer Litsea baviensis Lecomte Litsea beilschmiediifolia H.W.Li Litsea bennettii B.Hyland Litsea bernhardensis C.K.Allen Litsea beusekomii Kosterm. Litsea biflora H.P.Tsui Litsea bindoniana (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Litsea boerlagei Kosterm. Litsea bombaiensis M.R.Almeida Litsea borneensis (Meisn.) Boerl. Litsea bourdillonii Gamble Litsea brachypoda C.K.Allen Litsea brachystachya (Blume) Fern.-Vill. Litsea brassii O.C.Schmidt Litsea brawas (Blume) Boerl. Litsea breviumbellata C.K.Allen Litsea brookeana Kosterm. Litsea buinensis Kosterm. Litsea burckelloides A.C.Sm. Litsea calicaris Kirk Litsea calophylla (Miq.) Mansf. Litsea calophyllantha K.Schum. Litsea cambodiana Lecomte Litsea cangyuanensis J.Li & H.W.Li Litsea caroli Teschner Litsea carrii Kosterm. Litsea castanea Hook.f. Litsea catubigensiskos Kosterm. Litsea caulocarpa Merr. Litsea ceramensis Kosterm. Litsea chaffonjonii H.Lév. Litsea chartacea Hook.f. Litsea chengshuzhii H.P.Tsui Litsea chewii Kosterm. Litsea chinpingensis Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang Litsea chrysoneura Kosterm. Litsea chrysophoena (Blume) Boerl. Litsea chrysopleura (Blume) Boerl. Litsea chunii W.C.Cheng Litsea cinerascens Ridl. Litsea citronella Kosterm. Litsea clarissae (Teschner) Kosterm. Litsea clarkei Prain Litsea claviflora Gamble Litsea clemensii C.K.Allen Litsea coelestis H.P.Tsui Litsea collina S.Moore Litsea complanata C.K.Allen Litsea confusa Koord. & Valeton Litsea connorsii B.Hyland Litsea cordata (Jack) Hook.f. Litsea coreana H.Lév. Litsea coriacea (B.Heyne ex Nees) Hook.f. Litsea costalis (Nees) Kosterm. Litsea costata (Blume) Boerl. Litsea crassifolia (Blume) Boerl.