Litsea glutinosa

Litsea glutinosa
Litsea glutinosa in Vietnam
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Litsea
Species:
L. glutinosa
Binomial name
Litsea glutinosa
Synonyms[3]
List
  • Cylicodaphne sebifera Blume
  • Litsea sebifera Pers.
  • Sebifera glutinosa Lour.
  • Tetranthera sebifera F.Dietr.
  • Tomex sebifera Willd.
  • Actinodaphne chinensis (Lam.) Nees
  • Decapenta involucrata Raf.
  • Dodecadenia robusta Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Iozoste chinensis (Lam.) Blume
  • Laurus crucifolia Noronha
  • Laurus involucrata J.Koenig ex Retz.
  • Lepidadenia wightiana Nees
  • Litsea apetala (Roxb.) Pers.
  • Litsea baracatanensis Elmer
  • Litsea brideliifolia Hayata
  • Litsea chinensis Lam.
  • Litsea citrifolia Juss.
  • Litsea fruticosa Span. ex Blume
  • Litsea geminata Blume
  • Litsea glabraria Juss.
  • Litsea glutinosa var. brachyphylla (Hand.-Mazz.) L.C.Wang
  • Litsea glutinosa var. brideliifolia (Hayata) Merr.
  • Litsea glutinosa var. glabraria (Juss.) Mudgal & K.K.Khanna
  • Litsea glutinosa var. littoralis Koord. & Valeton
  • Litsea glutinosa var. longifolia (Haines) K.K.Khanna
  • Litsea glutinosa var. normalis (Haines) K.K.Khanna
  • Litsea glutinosa var. platyphylla (Pers.) Hochr.
  • Litsea involucrata (J.Koenig ex Retz.) Hereman
  • Litsea involucrata var. fernandezii M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida
  • Litsea laevis Juss.
  • Litsea laurifolia (Jacq.) F.M.Bailey
  • Litsea laurifolia var. roxburghii (Nees) Cordem.
  • Litsea ligustrina Trimen
  • Litsea multiflora Blume
  • Litsea platyphylla Pers.
  • Litsea sebifera var. brachyphylla Hand.-Mazz.
  • Litsea sebifera var. glabraria Hook.f.
  • Litsea sebifera var. longifolia Haines
  • Litsea sebifera var. normalis Haines
  • Litsea undulata Zipp. ex Blume
  • Litsea wightiana (Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Malapoenna macrantha Kuntze
  • Malapoenna undulata Kuntze
  • Pipalia solitaria Stokes
  • Polyadenia grandifolia Miq.
  • Sebifera glutinosa Blanco
  • Tetradenia brideliifolia (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto
  • Tetranthera apetala Roxb.
  • Tetranthera capitata Roxb. ex Nees
  • Tetranthera citrifolia Spreng.
  • Tetranthera daradmeda Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Tetranthera fruticosa Roxb.
  • Tetranthera geminata (Blume) Nees
  • Tetranthera glabraria F.Dietr.
  • Tetranthera hispidula Zipp. ex Blume
  • Tetranthera laurifolia Jacq.
  • Tetranthera laurifolia var. attenuata Blume
  • Tetranthera laurifolia var. multiflora Blume
  • Tetranthera laurifolia var. roxburghii (Nees) Blume
  • Tetranthera litoralis Blume
  • Tetranthera macrantha Wall.
  • Tetranthera multiflora (Blume) Nees
  • Tetranthera panshia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Tetranthera platyphylla (Pers.) F.Dietr.
  • Tetranthera polycephala Wall. ex Meisn.
  • Tetranthera roxburghii Nees
  • Tetranthera salicifolia Zoll. ex Meisn.
  • Tomex tetranthera Willd.
  • Glabraria litoralis Miq.
  • Bischofia cumingiana Decne.
  • Camellia integrifolia Choisy

Litsea glutinosa is a rainforest tree in the laurel family, Lauraceae.[3][4] Common names include soft bollygum, bolly beech, Bollywood, bollygum, brown bollygum, brown Bollywood, sycamore and brown beech.[2][5]

The powdered bark, known as jigat, may be used as an adhesive paste in incense stick production.[6]

Distribution

This species is native to the Andaman Islands, Assam, Western Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, East and West Himalaya, Hainan, India, Java, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, the Nicobar Islands, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, and Vietnam.[3][7] Australia and the western Pacific islands.

It had been introduced to La Réunion, Mauritius, Mayotte and New Caledonia where it is considered an invasive species.[8]

References

  1. ^ de Kok, R. (2021). "Litsea glutinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T145824211A153621601. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ^ a b c "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  5. ^ F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Litsea glutinosa". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ Jonathan Mitchell, Christopher Coles (2011). Markets and Rural Poverty: Upgrading in Value Chains. IDRC. p. 50. ISBN 9781849713139. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  7. ^ E.S. FERNANDO. CHECKLIST OF SPECIES IN FBS 21 (TAXONOMY OF FOREST PLANTS). University of the Philippines – Los Baños. 12th revised and updated edition, 24 June 2007.
  8. ^ www.issg.org-Global Invasive Species Database
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