Litsea coreana H. Leveill [Lauraceae]
Kagonoki (カゴノキ, 鹿子之木)
The Japanese common name is originated from collated spots or dapple patterns, that is called as 'Kago (鹿子模様)' in Japanese, on the well-developed bark.
Lifeform: evergreen tree < 15 m high
Distribution: China - Korea - Japan (south to central Honshu)
Habitat: forests
Flower: dioecious plant (female flowers attached with vestigial stamens)
Syonnyms
Actinodaphne lancifolia (Sieb. et Zucc.) Meisn. Litsea lancifolia auct. non (Roxb. ex Nees) Benth. et Hook.f. ex Fern.-Vill.
Litsea Lam. in Japan
L. acuminata (Blume) Sa. Kurata (バリバリノキ)
L. citriodora (Sieb. et Zucc.) Hatusima (アオモジ)
L. coreana H. Leveill (カゴノキ)
L. cubeba (Lour.) Pers. (タイワンクロモジ)
L. japonica (Thunb.) Jussieu (ハマビワ)
Litsea coreana in Japan
[Left] a crown. [Center] a shoot with evergreen leaves. [Right] bark (dapple pattern). At Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009.