Litsea granitica

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Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Magnoliids > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea granitica

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Plant  information

Common name:                Bollygum  

• "bollies" is the colloquial name for depressions caused by the shedding of round scales of bark

Conservation status:  Vulnerable

Etymology:   

• Litsea is derived from Chinese 'li', means plum, and 'tse', means small

• From the Latin for granite, the common, coarse-grained, light-coloured, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspar  

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Habit:        

• A canopy tree

Habitat:   

• Mountain rainforest on soils derived from granite

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to tropical Queensland

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Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litsea_granitica (2023)