Appearance
The plant is an evergreen shrub or small tree, growing to 5 metres tall. The leaves are 2–5 centimetres long, with a fragrant essential oil.The flowers are white or tinged with pink, with five petals and many stamens that protrude from the flower. The fruit is a berry, blue-black when ripe.
This species, and the more compact "M. communis" subsp. "tarentina"
have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Cultural
It is one of the four species used by Jews in their religious rituals on the festival of Sukkot.References:
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