See text Machilus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae.

It is found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical forest, occurring in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indochina, the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

[3] Machilus are evergreen trees or shrubs,[3] some species growing as much as 30 m tall.

Their entire, pinnately veined leaves are alternately borne along the stems.

Perianth tubes are short; perianth lobes 6 in 2 series, equal, subequal, or occasionally outer ones conspicuously smaller than inner ones, usually persistent, rarely deciduous.