Lauraceae

Northern spicebush

Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume

Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Lindera

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: جاوي, بنجوان مخزني
Chinese: 北方山胡椒, 北美山胡椒
Danish: Feberbusk
English: Northern spicebush, Spicebush, Benjamin bush, Common spicebush, Wild allspice
French: Laurier benzoin
Persian: برگبوی چاشنی

Synonyms

Benzoin aestivale Nees
Benzoin aestivale f. xanthocarpum G.S.Torr.
Benzoin aestivale var. pubescens E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
Benzoin benzoin Coult.
Benzoin geniculatum G.Don
Benzoin odoriferum Nees
Calosmon acstivale Kostel.
Calosmon benzoin J.Presl
Euosmus aestivalis Nutt.
Euosmus benzoin Nutt.
Laurus aestivalis Lam.
Laurus axillaris Lam.
Laurus benzoin L.
Laurus fragrans Salisb.
Laurus glomerata Lam.
Laurus pseudobenzoin Michx.
Lindera aestivalis f. xanthocarpa (G.S.Torr.) Rehder
Lindera benzoin f. benzoin
Lindera benzoin f. rubra Champlin
Lindera benzoin f. xanthocarpa (G.S.Torr.) Rehder
Lindera benzoin var. benzoin
Lindera benzoin var. pubescens (E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.) Rehder
Lindera benzoin var. verna Meisn.
Malapoenna geniculata Coult.
Malapoenna glomerata Kuntze
Ozanthes benzoin (L.) Raf.
Tetranthera aestivalis Spreng.
Tetranthera floridana Shuttlew. ex Meisn.
Tetranthera geniculata var. grandiflora Nees

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.