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Litsea glaucescens
Also called Laurel Family, Bay Family, Laurel
Litsea glaucescens, known as Mexican bay leaf, is an evergreen shrub or small tree of the Laurel family, native to Mexico and Central America. It is grown for its aromatic leaves and suits warm, frost-free climates.
Litsea glaucescens, also called Mexican bay leaf, is an evergreen tree or shrub 3–6 metres (9.8–19.7 ft) high in the genus Litsea belonging to family Lauraceae. It is native to Mexico and to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Costa Rica in Central America.
It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 1.5–5 m (4 ft 11 in – 16 ft 5 in) high. The bark is brown, thick trunk. Young branches, glabrous, yellowish green, yellow or dark brown bark greenish or sometimes glabrous terminal buds sparsely pubescent.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Litsea glaucescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
