Litsea tsinlingensis seed

LATIN NAME: Litsea tsinlingensis

COMMON NAME: Qinling Litsea

The Qinling litsea is a handsome, upright, evergreen or semi-evergreen tree of the warm woodlands, and its fine, oval or lance-shaped, glossy leaves and its small, inconspicuous, yellowish-green flowers, followed by the small, round, dark fruits, have made it a treasured and fine tree of the region. It grows as an upright, evergreen or semi-evergreen tree, reaching up to fifteen metres or more, with the upright, tapering trunk bearing the alternate, oval or lance-shaped, pointed, glossy leaves and, through the early spring, the small, inconspicuous, yellowish-green flowers, followed by the small, round, dark, single-seeded fruits. It is a species of the flowering tree in the laurel family, and it is native to the warm woodlands of the mountains of the central China, while it is treasured for its fine, aromatic leaves and its fine wood, and it is known as the Qinling litsea.

In the laurel family it is the glossy, aromatic litsea of the mountain woodlands, a tree whose warm-scented leaves carry the family’s familiar ways.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Qinling litsea appears in the mountain-forest papers of the central China, and the botanists have mapped its place in the laurel family and the regional flora. The natural-product chemists have studied the fine, aromatic leaves and their volatile oils, and the foresters have examined the useful wood of the region. It is a tree of the aromatic, useful kind, and the growers of the warm-region evergreens keep it in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm garden, the Qinling litsea is the glossy, aromatic tree of the sheltered corner. Its small flowers feed the insects, its dark fruits feed the birds, and the evergreen crown gives the garden shade and scent through the year. The aromatic leaves and the useful wood have been valued in the region, and the tree grows well in the rich, moist, well-drained ground. Glossy, aromatic and useful.

These are fresh-loving seeds — clean them off the small, dark fruits and sow them straight away at a shallow depth in pots of rich, moist, free-draining soil, keep the pots in a sheltered, half-shaded spot and never let them dry out, and the first leaves will thread up in good time.