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Bolly Gum

Litsea reticulata

Bolly Gum
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain
Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Litsea reticulata is a common Australian tree, growing from near Milton, New South Wales to the Bunya Mountains, Queensland. Common names include bollygum, bolly wood and brown beech. The habitat of the bollygum is rainforest of most types, except the dryer forms.

Other Litsea plants

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 reticulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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