Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
644.51.01
644.51.01 Suriana maritima
English: Bay Cedar.
Botany: pantropical; coasts; evergreen shrub or small tree; leaves are alternate, simple; grey, green, succulent foliage, aroma similar to cedar; yellow flowers are solitary or in short cymes; drupes are buoyant and can maintain the viability of the seeds during long periods in sea water, allowing the seeds to be dispersed via the ocean.