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Litsea glutinosa
Also called Bolly Beech, Brown Bolly Gum, Brown Bollywood, Brown Beech, Soft Bollygum, Pond Spice
Indian laurel (Litsea glutinosa) is a tropical rainforest tree in the laurel family, Lauraceae, native across South and Southeast Asia and northern Australia. It is grown as a shade and timber tree rather than as a houseplant, and it needs a warm, humid climate.
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.
The powdered bark, known as jigat, may be used as an adhesive paste in incense stick production.
This species is native to the following regions/countries:
Litsea accedens · Litsea auriculata · Brown Bolly Gum · Litsea beddomei · Litsea bennettii · Round-leaved Bollywood · Litsea calicaris · Litsea claviflora · Bollywood · Litsea · Litsea curtisii · Litsea dilleniifolia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Litsea glutinosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
