Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub native to North and Central America and the Caribbean. Its common names include southern wax myrtle, southern bayberry, candleberry, bayberry tree, and tallow shrub. It sees uses both in the garden and for candlemaking, as well as a medicinal plant.
Wax Myrtle is popular in Southern wand-making, seeing widespread use in every style. Similar to olive and good in the hands of Seers and those who can see ways towards resolutions and solved problems, Wax Myrtle wands are found often in the hands of peacemakers and diplomats, as well as master tacticians. While those Wax Myrtle wands may choose are not always gentle, most are not warlike, seeing war more as an awful necessity when all other routes to peace have failed. Olive wands are especially skilled in charms, mental magic, and divinatory magics, but can, with focus, be applied to many forms of spellwork, provided the master is driven enough.