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Persea americana - English
URL: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/images/per_ame.jpg

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Umbellularia californica - English
URL: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/images/umb_cal.jpg

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Cinnamomum zeylanicum - English
URL: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/images/cin_zey.jpg

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Cinnamomum burmannii - English
URL: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/images/cin_cas.jpg

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Cassytha filiformis - English
URL: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/images/cas_fil_fl.jpg

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Cassytha filiformis - English
URL: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/images/cas_fil.jpg

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Umbellularia californica - English
URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/umbcal/

California bay occurs in the Klamath, Siskiyou, and Coast Ranges from Douglas County, Oregon south to San Diego County, California, and on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County south to Kern County.

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Sassafras Tree (Sassafras albidum) - English
URL: http://assateague.com/sass.html

The roots, bark, and leaves of the sassafras have a spicy scent and the oils extracted from them have been used in soapmaking and in flavoring drinks, such as sassafras tea.

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Sassafras albidum - English
URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/sasalb/

Sassafras occurs from southwestern Maine west to extreme southern Ontario and central Michigan; southwest to Illinois, Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas; and east to central Florida.

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Sassafras - English
URL: http://mercy.georgian.edu/pinebarrens/bi_p_sal.htm

Usually a small tree. Leaves are distinctive: same tree bears leaves with 0, 1 or 2 lobes. Twigs are green. Bark on mature trees is reddish-brown and furrowed. Crushed leaves, twigs and bark are fragrant. Flowers are yellowish, appearing in mid- spring just before leaves. Common in upland woods.

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Persea gratissima - English
URL: http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0254-1.html

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Persea borbonia - English
URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/perbor/

Redbay grows on the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains and in peninsular Florida. Its range extends from southern Deleware to southern Texas. It also grows in the Bahamas.

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Laurel nobilis Greek Bay - English
URL: http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/launobilis.htm

Evergreen, sturdy and fragrant; surely these were contributing factors to the greatness bestowed on Bay throughout history. David assigned the virtue of prosperity to the tree.

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Laurus nobilis - English
URL: http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0078-1.html

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Laurus canariensis - English
URL: http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0222-1.html

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Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany - English
URL: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/laur.htm

The Lauraceae are nearly all woody trees and shrubs comprising 30 to 50 genera and about 2,000 species. An exception is the vining, leafless, parasitic genus Cassytha. The leaves are simple, without stipules, and usually alternate. The flowers are actinomorphic, usually bisexual, and possess a perianth of six, basally connate sepallike segments.

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Cinnamomum camphora T. Nees & Eberm. - English
URL: http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0252-1.html

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