Taxon: Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.

Common names:

• California bay   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
  
• California-laurel   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• California-nutmeg   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English
  
• California-olive   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• headachetree   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• myrtlewood   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• Oregon-myrtle   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• pepperwood   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• Berglorbeer   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• kalifornisk lager   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: beads   (fide Bot Beads World; as web document)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 4:548.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Umbellularia californica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Umbellularia californica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Umbellularia californica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Tetranthera californica Hook. & Arn. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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