About Bolly Beech
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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Litsea glutinosa
- Genus
- Litsea
- Family
- LAURACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malaysia, China
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Medh, Chandna, मैदा लकड़ी Maidalakri
- Nepali
- मेदा Meda
- Bengali
- কুকুরচিতা Kukurachita, কুকুরচিতা
- Tamil
- Muchaippeyetti, Uralli, Elumburukki
- Kannada
- Lakki, Lakkdi, ಮೈದಲಕ್ಡಿ Maida lakdi
- Malayalam
- കള്ളക്കറുവ
- Marathi
- Maidalakdi, Ranamba, Maida lakadee
Botanical family
Lauraceae
Laurel/Cinnamon family
Bolly Beech belongs to the Lauraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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