The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Bot. Misc. 3(8-9): 175 (1833)

Synonyms

• Laurus caustica Molina
• Lithraea caustica Hook. & Arn. var.  glabra
• Lithraea caustica (Molina) Hook. & Arn. var.  pilosa
• Lithraea caustica (Molina) Hook. & Arn. f.  pilosa
• Lithraea venenosa Miers, nom. nud.
• Persea caustica (Molina) Spreng.
• Rhus caustica Hook. & Arn

Common names

• litre

References

• Hooker J.D. (1833a)

  Hooker, W.J 1833. Contributions towards a flora of South America & the islands of the Pacific. Botanical Miscellany, vol. 3(8-9):129-211, 302-367. London: John Murray

Regions

Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana, Del General Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, Maule, Biobío, Araucanía and Ñuble

Habitat

Temperate Forests and Relict coastal forest

Notes

Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.