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'''Medāsakaḥ''' consists of stem bark of Litsea chinensis Lam. syn. L. glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Robins, L. sebifera Pers. (Fam. Lauraceae), It is an evergreen shrub or tree, . It grows upto 25 m in height and about 1.5 m in girth with a clean bole, found throughout . It is native to India, ascending upto an altitude of 1350 m in outer Himalayas.

{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Leaves simple, pilose when young; lamina 6-23.5 x 3-10 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or obovate, base acute, apex acute, obtuse or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, grey-pubescent beneath, chartaceous; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Unisexual|5-6mm long|yellowYellow|9-12|In many flowered umbels; peduncles upto 5 mm long, slender, densely pilose; perianth short; tube silky, funnel shaped, segments 0; stamens 9-12, all fertile, in 4 rows; filaments to 2 mm, very hairy; fourth series glandular, glands sessile, orbicular; ovary half inferior, 1 mm long; style 1.5 mm, stigma dilated, irregularly lobed; staminodes 9-12, to 2.5 mm. }}

{{Fruit|Berry|5-6 mm |||depressedDepressed, globose, purple, on flat disc.|}}

Seed - germination Germination is not very rapid, approximately 85% germination is achieved in 15 - 45 days .<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230244 "Morphology"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Litsea+glutinosa "Cultivation detail"]</ref>