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jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)

7 years ago

Leaves alternate, about 5 inches long by 1.5 inches wide, dull green and hairy below, very glossy and glabrous above. Fruits in clusters, oblong, 0.4 inch long by 0.2 inch wide. These south-central Arkansas trees were growing along a creek bank, in very sandy soil.

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Embothrium
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
I think you've got 2 different plants, that the fruits are not from the shrub in the first shot - they look like those of LIndera and there even seems to be part of what looks a lot more like a Lindera leaf showing in the top right of the second picture.

Maybe the other leaves are Osmanthus americanus, maybe something else.
jekeesl (south-central Arkansas) thanked Embothrium
jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
Original Author
7 years ago
Embothrium, I think that you're right. A friend came out of the woods with those two, and said they were from the same plant. The Lindera (benzoin?) ID looks good, to me.
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