Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Baycedar

Suriana maritima

Spanish: Cuabilla

Baycedar (Suriana maritima)
Photographed by shawn_nasty on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Sanibel, FL, US, not near La Saladita

Suriana is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing only Suriana maritima, which is commonly known as bay cedar. It has a pantropical distribution and can be found on coasts in the New and Old World tropics. Bay cedar is an evergreen shrub or small tree, usually reaching a height of 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) and sometimes reaching 6 m (20 ft). The leaves are alternate, simple, 1–6 cm (0.39–2.36 in) long and 0.6 cm (0.24 in) wide. The grey-green, succulent foliage yields an...

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Fabales › Surianaceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records3,912 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Baycedar (Suriana maritima) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/suriana-maritima/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.