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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urb.
West Indian laurel-cherry

Prunus myrtifolia
Copyright by: Melissa E. Abdo

Family: Rosaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, South Florida and South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Laurocerasus myrtifolia.

Other data on Prunus myrtifolia available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Prunus myrtifolia has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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Prunus myrtifolia
Copyright by: Melissa E. Abdo
Prunus myrtifolia
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Prunus myrtifolia
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Prunus myrtifolia
Copyright by: Don & Joyce Gann
Prunus myrtifolia
Copyright by: Don & Joyce Gann
Prunus myrtifolia
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley