Lauraceae
Pepperleaf sweetwood
Licaria triandra
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Licaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pepperleaf sweetwood, Florida licaria
Synonyms
- Acrodiclidium benense Rusby
- Acrodiclidium jamaicense Nees
- Acrodiclidium limbatum (Nees) J.F.Macbr.
- Acrodiclidium limbosum (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez
- Acrodiclidium triandrum (Sw.) Lundell
- Aydendron cubense A.Rich.
- Benzoin glaucescens Nees ex Meisn.
- Endiandra jamaicensis Spreng.
- Endiandra viridis J.Presl
- Laurus limbosa Ruiz & Pav.
- Laurus parviflora Poepp. ex Nees
- Laurus triandra Sw.
- Licaria jamaicensis Kosterm. ex León & Alain
- Licaria limbosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Kosterm.
- Licaria pittieri (Mez) C.K.Allen
- Licaria reclinata Lundell
- Licaria tikalana (Lundell) Lundell
- Litsea cervantesii Kunth
- Litsea glaucescens var. schaffneri (Bartlett) C.K.Allen
- Litsea matudae Lundell
- Litsea schaffneri Bartlett
- Misanteca costaricensis I.M.Johnst.
- Misanteca cubensis (A.Rich.) Benth.
- Misanteca jamaicensis Lundell
- Misanteca jurgensenii Mez
- Misanteca limbosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Lundell
- Misanteca pittieri Mez
- Misanteca reclinata (Lundell) Lundell
- Misanteca tikalana Lundell
- Misanteca triandra (Sw.) Mez
- Nectandra limbata Nees
- Ocotea ramentacea Mart. ex Nees
- Symphysodaphne cubensis A.Rich.
- Tetranthera cervantesii (Kunth) F.Dietr.
- Triplomeia montana Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mario Guzmán, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, 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.