Lauraceae
Slugwood
Beilschmiedia pendula
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Beilschmiedia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slugwood
Synonyms
- Beilschmiedia brenesii C.K.Allen
- Beilschmiedia thomaea (Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Cryptocarya kostermansiana C.K.Allen
- Hufelandia pendula (Sw.) Nees
- Hufelandia thomaea Nees
- Laurus pendula Sw.
- Wimmeria thomaea Nees ex Meisn.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.