Litsea glutinosa

Litsea glutinosa is a rainforest tree in the laurel family, Lauraceae. Common names include soft bollygum, bolly beech, Bollywood, bollygum, brown bollygum, brown Bollywood, sycamore and brown beech.[1][3]

Litsea glutinosa
Litsea glutinosa in Vietnam
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Litsea
Species:
L. glutinosa
Binomial name
Litsea glutinosa
(Lour.) C.B.Rob.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Litsea sebifera Pers.
Sebifera glutinosa Lour.

The powdered bark, known as jiggat, may be used as an adhesive paste in incense stick production.[4]

Distribution

This species is native to India, South China to Malaysia, Philippines[5], Australia and the western Pacific islands.

It had been introduced to La Réunion, Mauritius and Mayotte where it is considered an invasive species.[6]

References
  1. "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 March 2014 – via The Plant List.
  3. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (December 2010). "Factsheet – Litsea glutinosa". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (6.1, online version RFK 6.1 ed.). Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  4. Jonathan Mitchell, Christopher Coles (2011). Markets and Rural Poverty: Upgrading in Value Chains. IDRC. p. 50. ISBN 9781849713139. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  5. E.S. FERNANDO. CHECKLIST OF SPECIES IN FBS 21 (TAXONOMY OF FOREST PLANTS). The University of the Philippines – Los Baños. 12th revised and updated edition, 24 June 2007.
  6. www.issg.org-Global Invasive Species Database
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