Neolitsea sericea
Neolitsea sericea · Lauraceae · 참식나무
How to spot it
Marked by the silky golden-brown hairs on young leaves and new twigs, which the species name sericea refers to.
Look
- Leaves
- Leathery, long-elliptic leaves 7.5 to 15 cm long with three main veins developing near the base. Young leaves are covered with golden-brown silky hairs; when mature the upper surface loses the hairs and the underside turns powdery white.
- Flowers
- Yellow flowers cluster in the leaf axils in autumn.
- Fruit
- Red oval fruit about 1.3 cm long borne only on female plants.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Native to Japan, Korea (Jeju-do) and China.