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Ocotea bullata (Burch.) Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Ocotea

Characteristics

Evergreen tree, 4-30 m high; plants dioecious or polygamous. Leaves oblong, up to 120 x 50 mm, penninerved, coriaceous, glabrous, base ± rounded, apex shortly attenuate, margins wavy. Flowers in axillary clusters, small, yellowish green. Tepals deciduous. Bisexual flowers with stamens in 3 or 4 whorls, outer 3 fertile, inner reduced to staminodes; filaments of innermost whorl with 2 large, glands at base; anthers 4-thecous, introrse in 2 outer whorls, ± extrorse in third whorl; ovary ovoid. Male flowers similar but ovary sterile. Female flowers as in bisexual flowers but stamens rudimentary. Flowering time Dec.-Feb. Fruit seated in enlarged, cupular receptacle; baccate, oval, ± 20 mm long, purple when ripe.
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A large tree. It grows 30 m tall. The leaves are dark green and shiny. They have blisters or bubbles on the upper surface. The edges of the leaves are wavy. The fruit are in cups.
Monoecious, evergreen tree, 8-30 m, with bark pale when young. Leaves elliptic-oblong, glossy, with pits in vein axils. Flowers in axillary cymes, polygamous, yellowish.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 30.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Occurs naturally in most of the high forests of South Africa, from the kloofs of Table Mountain to the mountain forests of Limpopo.
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in mountain forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses construction food material medicinal timber wood
Edible barks
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Ocotea bullata world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:467173-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071454
COL ID 7WD8Q
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Synonyms

Mespilodaphne bullata Oreodaphne bullata Laurus bullata Manglilla racemosa Myrsine racemosa Ocotea bullata
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