Tamala humilis

Tamala humilis
Growing in open-canopy white sand scrub

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Tamala
Species:
T. humilis
Binomial name
Tamala humilis
(Nash) Small.
Synonyms
  • Persea humilis Nash
  • Persea borbonia var. humilis (L.)Spreng. (Nash)

Tamala humilis, commonly referred to as scrub bay or silk bay, is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family endemic to peninsular Florida in the US.