Persea borbonia
Syst. Veg. 2: 268. 1825.
Common names: Red bay
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Laurus borbonia Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 370. 1753
Synonyms: Persea littoralis Small Tamala borbonia (Linnaeus) Rafinesque Tamala littoralis (Small) Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Trees, to 25 m. Branches appressed-pubescent. Leaf-blade narrowly elliptic to widely ovate, 6-16 × 2-5 cm; surfaces abaxially pale, glaucous, moderately pubescent when young with rusty brown, appressed hairs, glabrescent with age, adaxially green, lustrous. Inflorescences: peduncle equal to or shorter than subtending leaf petiole, pubescent. Drupe (8-) 10 mm diam., usually glaucous. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: In hammocks, mixed hardwoods, coastal dunes, maritime forests, outer Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, rarely in the Piedmont
Elevation: 0-100 m
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex.
Discussion
Some Native Americans used Persea borbonia for medicinal purposes (D. E. Moerman 1986).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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4-valved +
latrorse +
reddish-brown +
fissured +
thin +
persistent +
decussate +
deciduous +
appressed-pubescent +
Red bay +
absent +
absent +
dark blue;black +
seated +
glaucous +
globose +
absent +
accrescent +
reddish;usually yellow;greenish or white +
bisexual +
In hammocks, mixed hardwoods, coastal dunes, maritime forests, outer Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, rarely in the Piedmont +
rusty brown +
appressed +
developed +
perigynous +
Present +
axillary +
absent +
veined +
2cm;5cm +
alternate +
mature +
slightly shorter +
basal +
globose +
pubescent +
equal +
1-carpellate +
compound +
Syst. Veg. +
1825 +
cup-shaped +
introrse +
absent +
sagittate +
staminodial +
subsessile +
lustrous +
Persea borbonia +
Persea +
species +
sepaloid +
yellowish +
persistent +
outer +
pubescent +
equal +
tall +
evergreen +
aromatic +