Litsea glutinosa
Litsea glutinosa | |
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Litsea glutinosa in Vietnam | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Laurales |
Family: | Lauraceae |
Genus: | Litsea |
Species: | L. glutinosa
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Binomial name | |
Litsea glutinosa | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ de Kok, R. (2021). "Litsea glutinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T145824211A153621601. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jonathan Mitchell, Christopher Coles (2011). Markets and Rural Poverty: Upgrading in Value Chains. IDRC. p. 50. ISBN 9781849713139. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ www.issg.org-Global Invasive Species Database
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Litsea
- Flora of the Andaman Islands
- Flora of Assam
- Flora of Bangladesh
- Flora of Borneo
- Flora of Cambodia
- Flora of China
- Flora of East Himalaya
- Flora of West Himalaya
- Flora of Hainan
- Flora of India
- Flora of Java
- Flora of Laos
- Flora of the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Flora of Malaysia
- Flora of Myanmar
- Flora of Nepal
- Flora of New Guinea
- Flora of the Nicobar Islands
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of the Philippines
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago)
- Flora of Sri Lanka
- Flora of Sulawesi
- Flora of Thailand
- Flora of Vietnam
- Flora of tropical Asia
- Flora of Western Australia
- Incense material
- Taxa named by João de Loureiro