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|accepted_name=Persea humilis
|accepted_authority=Nash
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=22: 157. 1895
|year=1895
}}
|common_names=Silk bay
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Persea borbonia var. humilis
|authority=(Nash) L. E. Kopp
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tamala humilis
|authority=(Nash) Small
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Lauraceae;Persea;Persea humilis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lauraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Persea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Persea humilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism size;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, to 10 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="branch pubescence"><b>Branches </b>appressed-pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf-blade arrangement or shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width"><b>Leaf-</b>blade elliptic to lance-elliptic, 5-8 × 1.5-2.5 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="surface prominence;hair density;hair coloration;hair fixation or orientation;hair coloration;hair reflectance;age coloration">surfaces abaxially obscured by dense (silky), rusty brown, appressed hairs when young, appearing sooty with age, adaxially green, lustrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="peduncle height or length or size;peduncle pubescence"><b>Inflorescences:</b> peduncle mostly shorter than subtending petiole, pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="drupe width;drupe pubescence"><b>Drupe </b>10-12 cm wide, glaucous.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sand pine-scrub
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Fla.
|discussion=<p>Persea humilis produces fewer flowers and fruits per peduncle than the preceding two species.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Persea humilis
|authority=Nash
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Persea borbonia var. humilis;Tamala humilis
|basionyms=
|family=Lauraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sand pine-scrub
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1895
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_338.xml
|genus=Persea
|species=Persea humilis
|age coloration=sooty
|branch pubescence=appressed-pubescent
|drupe pubescence=glaucous
|drupe width=10cm;12cm
|hair coloration=green;rusty brown
|hair density=dense
|hair fixation or orientation=appressed
|hair reflectance=lustrous
|leaf-blade arrangement or shape=elliptic;lance-elliptic
|leaf-blade length=5cm;8cm
|leaf-blade width=1.5cm;2.5cm
|peduncle height or length or size=mostly shorter
|peduncle pubescence=pubescent
|surface prominence=obscured
|whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub
|whole_organism size=small
|whole_organism some measurement=0m;10m
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