Difference between revisions of "Umbellularia californica"
N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 87. 1842.
Common names: California bay Oregon-myrtle myrtle-wood California laurel pepperwood
Illustrated
Basionym: Tetranthera californica Hooker & Arnott Bot. Beechey Voy., 159. 1833
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--><p>Native Americans used <i>Umbellularia californica</i> for medicinal purposes and occasionally as an insecticide (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p> | --><p>Native Americans used <i>Umbellularia californica</i> for medicinal purposes and occasionally as an insecticide (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p> | ||
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|basionyms=Tetranthera californica | |basionyms=Tetranthera californica | ||
|family=Lauraceae | |family=Lauraceae | ||
| − | |distribution=w coast;North America. | + | |distribution=Calif.;Oreg.;w coast;North America. |
|reference=None | |reference=None | ||
|publication title=N. Amer. Sylv. | |publication title=N. Amer. Sylv. | ||
|publication year=1842 | |publication year=1842 | ||
|special status=Illustrated | |special status=Illustrated | ||
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|genus=Umbellularia | |genus=Umbellularia | ||
|species=Umbellularia californica | |species=Umbellularia californica | ||
Revision as of 23:01, 27 May 2020
Trees or shrubs, to 45 m; twigs terete, glabrous or sparsely appressed-pubescent, rarely minutely tomentose. Leaf blade deep yellow-green, shiny, narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic, 3-10 × 1.5-3 cm, base acute or obtuse, apex acute; surfaces abaxially glabrous, sparsely appressed-pubescent or minutely tomentose, adaxially glabrous; domatia absent. Inflorescences pubescent. Flowers 5-10; tepals 6-8 mm. Drupe usually solitary, 2 cm or more diam. 2n =24.
Distribution
Calif., Oreg., w coast, North America.
Discussion
Varieties 2
Native Americans used Umbellularia californica for medicinal purposes and occasionally as an insecticide (D. E. Moerman 1986).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Leaf blade abaxially glabrous or sparsely appressed-pubescent. | Umbellularia californica var. californica |
| 1 | Leaf blade abaxially minutely tomentose. | Umbellularia californica var. fresnensis |