Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical southeastern subregion of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of Australia. Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and …

The flowering plant family Lauraceae, the laurels, includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ).They are dicotyledons, and occur mainly in warm temperate and tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America.Many are aromatic evergreen trees or shrubs, but …