Lauraceae
Meda
Litsea monopetala
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Litsea
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Common names
By language (5)
- Assamese
- সোঁৱালু
- Cantonese
- 假柿樹, 假柿木薑子
- Chinese
- 假柿木姜子, 假柿木薑子, 假柿叶木姜子, 假柿树, 假沙梨, 山口羊, 山菠萝树, 木浆子
- English
- Meda, Persimmon-leaved litsea
- Nepali
- कुटमिरो
Synonyms
- Litsea hexantha Siebold ex Blume
- Litsea polyantha Juss.
- Malapoenna monopetala Kuntze
- Tetranthera alnoides Miq.
- Tetranthera fruticosa Buch.-Ham. ex Meisn.
- Tetranthera hexantha Sieber ex Meisn.
- Tetranthera hirana Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Tetranthera macrophylla Roxb.
- Tetranthera macrophylla Roxb. ex Nees
- Tetranthera monopetala Roxb.
- Tetranthera monopetala var. minor Blume
- Tetranthera quadriflora Roxb.
- Tetranthera verticillata Buch.-Ham. ex Meisn.
- Tetranthera villosa Bojer
- Tomex monopetala (Roxb.) Hoffmanns.
- Tomex pubescens Willd. ex Meisn.
Photos
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rohit Naniwadekar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Meda: 假柿木薑子(假柿樹) Litsea monopetala [香港梅樹坑公園 Mui Shue Hang Park, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/%E5%81%87%E6%9F%BF%E6%9C%A8%E8%96%91%E5%AD%90%28%E5%81%87%E6%9F%BF%E6%A8%B9%29_Litsea_monopetala_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%A2%85%E6%A8%B9%E5%9D%91%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Mui_Shue_Hang_Park%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289213305333%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%81%87%E6%9F%BF%E6%9C%A8%E8%96%91%E5%AD%90%28%E5%81%87%E6%9F%BF%E6%A8%B9%29_Litsea_monopetala_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%A2%85%E6%A8%B9%E5%9D%91%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Mui_Shue_Hang_Park%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289213305333%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Geographer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ajtjohnsingh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wasiul Bahar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wasiul Bahar, 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). About our plant data.