Persea Borbonia " Swamp Bay- Red Bay"

Persea Borbonia " Swamp Bay- Red Bay" host plant

Butterfly host plant for Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio Palamedes) and Spicebush Swallowtail ( Papilio Troilus)

Pot Size: 3 gallon

Height: 24" to 30"

Fact about Persea Borbonia " Swamp Bay- Red Bay" host plant:

This is an excellent host plant for the palamedes and spice bush swallowtail butterfly. The leaves are alternate, simple, entire, lanceolate, around 6" long, aromatic when crushed. Flowers are small, greenish, borne in loose clusters in the leaf axils. Fruit: a rounded, dark blue drupe, to about 1/2" diameter. Distribution: hammocks, bluffs and scrub.

* Family: Lauraceae

* Zones: 6 to 9

* Height: 30 to 50 feet

* Bloom Time: May to June

* Sun: Full sun to part shade

* Water: Medium to wet