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Litsea glutinosa
	Litsea glutinosa in Vietnam
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Litsea
Species:	L. glutinosa
Binomial name
	Litsea glutinosa; (Lour.) C.B.Rob.
Synonyms
	71 synonyms 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. Common names include soft bollygum, bolly beech, Bollywood, bollygum, brown bollygum, brown Bollywood, sycamore and brown beech.^[4]

The powdered bark, known as jigat, may be used as an adhesive paste in incense stick production.^[5]

Distribution

This species is native to the following regions/countires:^[3]

China: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan
Indian Subcontinent, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
Indo-China: Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam
Malesia: Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi
Papuasia: New Guinea, Solomon Is.
Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

It had been introduced to Réunion, Mauritius and Mayotte.^[3]

References

↑ de Kok, R. (2021). "Litsea glutinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T145824211A153621601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T145824211A153621601.en.
↑ "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
1 2 3 4 "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
↑ 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. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
↑ Jonathan Mitchell, Christopher Coles (2011). Markets and Rural Poverty: Upgrading in Value Chains. IDRC. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-84971-313-9. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[IUCN-1] Kok, R. (2021). "Litsea glutinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T145824211A153621601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T145824211A153621601.en.

[APNI-2] "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 May 2026.

[POWO-3] 1 2 3 4 "Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.

[RFK8-4] 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. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[5] Jonathan Mitchell, Christopher Coles (2011). Markets and Rural Poverty: Upgrading in Value Chains. IDRC. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-84971-313-9. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

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