About Morella inodora (W.Bartram) Small
Morella inodora (W.Bartram) Small was previously classified under the scientific name Myrica inodora. This plant species is native to the coastal plains along the northern Gulf of Mexico shore, and its native range includes the Florida Panhandle, extreme southern Alabama and Mississippi, eastern Louisiana, and southwestern Georgia. Its common names are scentless bayberry, odorless bayberry, odorless wax-myrtle, waxberry, candleberry, and waxtree. It grows in specific wetland and riparian habitats: swamps, bogs, pond edges, and stream banks. It is an evergreen, monoecious shrub or small tree that can reach up to 7 meters (23 feet) in height. Its leaves are shaped ovate to elliptic, growing up to 12 centimeters (5 inches) long, and lack the distinct odor that is characteristic of other species in this genus. Its fruits are spherical or nearly spherical, reaching up to 8 millimeters (0.3 inches) in diameter, and are covered with whitish wax and glandular hairs.
