Pond Spice
Litsea glutinosa (Wikipedia)
| Litsea glutinosa | |
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| Litsea glutinosa in Vietnam | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Litsea |
| Species: | L. glutinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Litsea glutinosa | |
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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.
The powdered bark, known as jiggat, may be used as an adhesive paste in incense stick production.