Summary
Place of publication:
Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 102:33. 1933
Verified:
03/14/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
bay-rum-tree – West Indian bay – Swedish
bayoljeträd –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | Tortola | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | Virgin Gorda | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | St. Croix | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola, Virgin Gorda], Virgin Islands (U.S.) [St. Croix]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=28393.
Accessed 5 October 2024.