Persea punctata
Silk Bay
Persea humilis
Nash Species
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- Botanical name
- Persea humilis
- Also known as
- Silk Bay, Silkbay
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Persea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Silk Bay
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Persea humilis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Borbonia humilis
Persea borbonia subsp. humilis
Persea borbonia var. humilis
Tamala humilis
Others in Persea
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