Bayberry
Bayberry, the name given to two different kinds of aromatic plants. The true bayberry, native to the West Indies and South America, yields an oil used in making bay rum. The tree grows 30 to 45 feet (9 to 14 m) high. It has shiny leaves up to six inches (15 cm) long, and small white flowers.
North American bayberries, which are also commonly called candleberries or wax myrtles, are shrubs or trees with grayish, waxy, very aromatic fruits. They are found mostly along the Atlantic coast. The berries are used to make the bayberry candles burned at Christmas and other festive occasions. The leaves are either evergreen or last long into the winter before falling. They are pointed or elliptical, one to four inches (2.5 to 10 cm) long.
The true bayberry is Pimenta racemosa of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. North American ones are Myrica cerifera and (M. pensylvanica) of the wax myrtle family, Myricaceae.