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|accepted_name=Persea borbonia
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Sprengel
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Veg.
|place=2: 268. 1825
|year=1825
}}
|common_names=Red bay
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Laurus borbonia
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 370. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Persea littoralis
|authority=Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tamala borbonia
|authority=(Linnaeus) Rafinesque
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tamala littoralis
|authority=(Small) Small
}}
|hierarchy=Lauraceae;Persea;Persea borbonia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lauraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Persea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Persea borbonia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> to 25 m. <b>Branches</b> appressed-pubescent. <b>Leaf</b> 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. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle equal to or shorter than subtending leaf petiole, pubescent. <b>Drupe</b> (8-)10 mm diam., usually glaucous. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|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=<p>Some Native Americans used <i>Persea borbonia</i> for medicinal purposes (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
|tables=
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name=Persea borbonia
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Sprengel
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Persea littoralis;Tamala borbonia;Tamala littoralis
|basionyms=Laurus borbonia
|family=Lauraceae
|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.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Veg.
|publication year=1825
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_912.xml
|genus=Persea
|species=Persea borbonia
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