Litsea glutinosa explained

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]

The powdered bark, known as jigat, may be used as an adhesive paste in incense stick production.^[2]

Distribution

This species is native to India, South China to Malaysia, Philippines,^[3] 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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 24 March 2021 . Litsea glutinosa . F.A. Zich . B.P.M Hyland . T. Whiffen . R.A. Kerrigan . Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8 . 2020 . Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) .
2. Book: Markets and Rural Poverty: Upgrading in Value Chains. 50. Jonathan Mitchell, Christopher Coles. IDRC. 2011 . 4 August 2013. 9781849713139.
3. E.S. FERNANDO. CHECKLIST OF SPECIES IN FBS 21 (TAXONOMY OF FOREST PLANTS). University of the Philippines – Los Baños. 12th revised and updatededition, 24 June 2007.
4. http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=1259 www.issg.org-Global Invasive Species Database