See text 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.

The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on species, and aromatic.

[2] 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.