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|accepted_name=Lindera benzoin
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Blume
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mus. Bot.
|place=1: 324. 1851
|year=1851
}}
|common_names=Spicebush;Benjamin bush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Laurus benzoin
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 370. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Benzoin aestivale
|authority=(Linnaeus) Nees
|rank=species
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|name=Lindera benzoin var. pubescens
|authority=(Palmer & Steyermark) Rehder
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Lauraceae;Lindera;Lindera benzoin
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lauraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lindera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lindera benzoin]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, to 5 m. <b>Young</b> twigs glabrous or sparsely pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> horizontal to ascending, strongly aromatic (spicy) throughout growing season; petiole ca. 10 mm, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Leaf</b> blade obovate, smaller blades generally elliptic, (4-)6-15 × 2-6 cm, membranous, base cuneate, margins ciliate, apex rounded to acuminate on larger leaves; surfaces abaxially glabrous to densely pubescent, adaxially glabrous except for a few hairs along midrib. <b>Drupe</b> oblong, ca. 10 mm; fruiting pedicels of previous season not persistent on stem, slender, 3-5 mm, apex not conspicuously enlarged. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Stream banks, low woods, margins of wetlands, uplands, especially with exposed limestone
|elevation=0-1200 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>The flowers of <i>Lindera benzoin</i> have an unusually sweet fragrance.</p><!--
--><p>Among the Cherokee, Creek, Iroquois, and Rappahannock tribes, <i>Lindera benzoin</i> was used for various medicinal purposes (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lindera benzoin
|authority=(Linnaeus) Blume
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Benzoin aestivale;Lindera benzoin var. pubescens
|basionyms=Laurus benzoin
|family=Lauraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Stream banks, low woods, margins of wetlands, uplands, especially with exposed limestone
|elevation=0-1200 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mus. Bot.
|publication year=1851
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_199.xml
|genus=Lindera
|species=Lindera benzoin
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