| Litsea glutinosa | |
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| Litsea glutinosa in Vietnam | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Litsea |
| Species: | L. glutinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Litsea glutinosa | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Litsea sebifera Pers. | |
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.[2][4]
The powdered bark, known as jigat, may be used as an adhesive paste in incense stick production.[5]
This species is native to India, South China to Malaysia, Philippines,[6] 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.[7]
