Lauraceae
Southern spicebush
Lindera melissifolia
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Lindera
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Lindera melissifoliaLauraceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Southern spicebush
Synonyms
- Benzoin diospyrus Sweet
- Benzoin melissifolium (Walter) Nees
- Evelyna diospyros (Pursh) Raf.
- Laurus diospyroides Michx.
- Laurus diospyros Pursh
- Laurus melissifolia Walter
- Tetranthera diospyros Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.