Myrica cerifera L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Myricaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A slender dioecious shrub, or a tree, sometimes 12 m. high, with a trunk 5 dm. in diameter, the bark gray, nearly smooth. Leaves narrow, oblong or oblanceolate, mostly acute, entire or sparingly dentate, narrowed at the base, fragrant, short-petioled, dark green above, paler and sometimes pubescent beneath, golden-resinous, 2-8 cm. long, unfolding with or before the aments; staminate aments eylindric; pistillate aments short, oblong; ripe drupes globose, bluish white, waxy, tipped with the base of the style, long-persistent.
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Distribution
Sandy thickets, coppices and pine-lands, Abaco, Andros. Great Bahama. New Providence. Eleuthera. Cat Island, and Acklin's Island : New Jersey southward along the coast to the Florida Keys and to Texas ; Bermuda : Cuba ; Hispaniola ; Puerto Rico. Bay-berry. Wax-berry. Mickle-berry. Wild Tea.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| New Jersey United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| Bermuda South America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America|