Lindera lucida is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a tree native to Assam in northeastern India, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. It grows in lowland and lower montane rain forests up to elevation.
The species was first described as Litsea lucida by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1826. In 1900 Jacob Gijsbert Boerlage placed the species in genus Lindera as L. lucida.
Dihydrochalcones (3′,5′-dihydroxy-2′,4′,6′-trimethoxydihydrochalcone, methyl linderone, 5-hydroxy-6,7,8-trimethoxyflavone (alnetin) and 2′-hydroxy-3′,4′,5′,6′-tetramethoxydihydrochalcone (dihydrokanakugiol) can be found in twigs of L. lucida.
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