Litsea glutinosa

Litsea glutinosa
Litsea glutinosa in Vietnam
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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. [2]
Synonyms [3]
List Cylicodaphne sebiferaBlume Litsea sebiferaPers. Sebifera glutinosaLour. Tetranthera sebiferaF.Dietr. Tomex sebiferaWilld. Actinodaphne chinensis(Lam.) Nees Decapenta involucrataRaf. Dodecadenia robustaZoll. & Moritzi Iozoste chinensis(Lam.) Blume Laurus crucifoliaNoronha Laurus involucrataJ.Koenig ex Retz. Lepidadenia wightianaNees Litsea apetala(Roxb.) Pers. Litsea baracatanensisElmer Litsea brideliifoliaHayata Litsea chinensisLam. Litsea citrifoliaJuss. Litsea fruticosaSpan. ex Blume Litsea geminataBlume Litsea glabrariaJuss. 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. littoralisKoord. & 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. fernandeziiM.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida Litsea laevisJuss. Litsea laurifolia(Jacq.) F.M.Bailey Litsea laurifolia var. roxburghii(Nees) Cordem. Litsea ligustrinaTrimen Litsea multifloraBlume Litsea platyphyllaPers. Litsea sebifera var. brachyphyllaHand.-Mazz. Litsea sebifera var. glabrariaHook.f. Litsea sebifera var. longifoliaHaines Litsea sebifera var. normalisHaines Litsea undulataZipp. ex Blume Litsea wightiana(Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. Malapoenna macranthaKuntze Malapoenna undulataKuntze Pipalia solitariaStokes Polyadenia grandifoliaMiq. Sebifera glutinosaBlanco Tetradenia brideliifolia(Hayata) Makino & Nemoto Tetranthera apetalaRoxb. Tetranthera capitataRoxb. ex Nees Tetranthera citrifoliaSpreng. Tetranthera daradmedaBuch.-Ham. ex Wall. Tetranthera fruticosaRoxb. Tetranthera geminata(Blume) Nees Tetranthera glabrariaF.Dietr. Tetranthera hispidulaZipp. ex Blume Tetranthera laurifoliaJacq. Tetranthera laurifolia var. attenuataBlume Tetranthera laurifolia var. multifloraBlume Tetranthera laurifolia var. roxburghii(Nees) Blume Tetranthera litoralisBlume Tetranthera macranthaWall. Tetranthera multiflora(Blume) Nees Tetranthera panshiaBuch.-Ham. ex Wall. Tetranthera platyphylla(Pers.) F.Dietr. Tetranthera polycephalaWall. ex Meisn. Tetranthera roxburghiiNees Tetranthera salicifoliaZoll. ex Meisn. Tomex tetrantheraWilld. Glabraria litoralisMiq. Bischofia cumingianaDecne. Camellia integrifoliaChoisy

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. "Litsea glutinosa(Lour.) C.B.Rob.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
3. "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