Litsea veitchiana var. veitchiana
Soft Bollygum
Litsea glutinosa
(Lour.) C.B.Rob. Species
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- Botanical name
- Litsea glutinosa
- Also known as
- Bolly-Beech, Brown Bolly-Gum, Brown Bollywood, Brown-Beech, Indian-Laurel, Soft Bollygum
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Litsea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Soft Bollygum
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Litsea glutinosa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Actinodaphne chinensis
Camellia integrifolia
Cylicodaphne sebifera
Decapenta involucrata
Dodecadenia robusta
Glabraria litoralis
Iozoste chinensis
Laurus crucifolia
Laurus involucrata
Lepidadenia wightiana
Litsea apetala
Litsea baracatanensis
Litsea brideliifolia
Litsea chinensis
Litsea citrifolia
Litsea fruticosa
Litsea geminata
Litsea glabraria
Litsea glutinosa var. brachyphylla
Litsea glutinosa var. brideliifolia
Litsea glutinosa var. glabraria
Litsea glutinosa var. glutinosa
Litsea glutinosa var. littoralis
Litsea glutinosa var. longifolia
Litsea glutinosa var. normalis
Litsea glutinosa var. platyphylla
Litsea involucrata
Litsea involucrata
Litsea involucrata var. fernandezii
Litsea laevis
Litsea laurifolia
Litsea laurifolia
Litsea laurifolia var. roxburghii
Litsea ligustrina
Litsea multiflora
Litsea platyphylla
Litsea sebifera
Litsea sebifera var. brachyphylla
Litsea sebifera var. glabraria
Litsea sebifera var. longifolia
Litsea sebifera var. normalis
Litsea undulata
Litsea wightiana
Malapoenna macrantha
Malapoenna undulata
Pipalia solitaria
Polyadenia grandifolia
Sebifera glutinosa
Sebifera glutinosa
Tetradenia brideliifolia
Tetranthera apetala
Tetranthera capitata
Tetranthera citrifolia
Tetranthera daradmeda
Tetranthera fruticosa
Tetranthera geminata
Tetranthera glabraria
Tetranthera hispidula
Tetranthera laurifolia
Tetranthera laurifolia var. attenuata
Others in Litsea
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