botanical record · discovered
Mexican bay
Litsea glaucescens var. glaucescens
Mexican bay · Babérfélék · Bay Family · Defnegiller · Dəfnəkimilər · Famîleya qaran · Họ Nguyệt quế · Lauracee · Lauracées · Lauramediniai · Laurbær-familien · Laurel · Laurels · Laurierachtign · Lauro · Lauràcies · Lauráceas · Lavrdoshlar
At a glance
Origin / distribution: CO, JP, NO, SE, US
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: not documented
Science studied: BETA-BISABOLENE, 1,8-CINEOLE, TRANS-CINNAMYL-ACETATE, P-CYMENE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Lauraceae
Scientific name: Litsea glaucescens var. glaucescens
Common names: Mexican bay, Babérfélék, Bay Family, Defnegiller, Dəfnəkimilər, Famîleya qaran, Họ Nguyệt quế, Lauracee, Lauracées, Lauramediniai, Laurbær-familien, Laurel, Laurels, Laurierachtign, Lauro, Lauràcies, Lauráceas, Lavrdoshlar
History
The source record documents this plant in CO, JP, NO, SE, US.
Documented historical or traditional applications are not available in this record.
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- CO
- JP
- NO
- SE
- US
Documented cultural uses
not documented in this record
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BETA-BISABOLENE
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- TRANS-CINNAMYL-ACETATE
- P-CYMENE
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- LINALOL
- LINALYL-FORMATE
- NERYL-ACETATE
- 2-NONANONE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- SABINENE
- (E)-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- (Z)-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
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- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TERPINOLENE
- ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- EO
- MYRCENE
- N-PROPYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- GERANIOL
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- 2-UNDECANONE
- CAMPHENE
- CARVONE
- LIMONENE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images

Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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