Lauraceae
Litsea
Litsea cubeba
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Litsea
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Common names
By language (13)
- arz
- ليتسى كوبيبا
- Cantonese
- 山胡椒
- Chinese
- 山胡椒, 山鸡椒, 山苍子, 山苍子叶, 毕澄茄, 澄茄子, 荜澄茄, 豆豉姜
- English
- Litsea
- Indonesian
- Antarasa
- Japanese
- リツェア・クベバ, アオモジ
- Korean
- 산계초, 두메까마귀쪽나무
- Macedonian
- Лицеа кубеба
- Russian
- Лицея кубеба, Лицея лимонная
- tay
- Maqaw, Ma'aw
- trv
- Mqrig
- Vietnamese
- Màng tang
- xsy
- Mae'aew
Synonyms
- Benzoin cubeba (Lour.) Hatus.
- Cubeba pipereta Raf.
- Daphnidium cubeba (Lour.) Nees
- Laurus cubeba Lour.
- Malapoenna cubeba (Lour.) Kuntze
- Persea cubeba (Lour.) Spreng.
- Tetranthera cubeba Meisn.
- Tetranthera cubeba (Lour.) Kostel.
- Tetranthera polyantha Wall.
Photos
Photo: LiChieh Pan / Flickr user: plj.johnny, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neux-Neux, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Omar hoftun, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.