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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bolly Beech being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Persea americana
- Lindera megaphylla
- Artocarpus hypargyreus
- Daphniphyllum calycinum
- Litsea akoensis
- Ehretia acuminata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Litsea
- Species
- Litsea glutinosa
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