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Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez

Laurel espada (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Ocotea

Characteristics

A tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 17.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.9
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

An upper canopy tree of wet evergreen forest formations, at elevations from near sea level to 1,500 metres.
More
It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 1-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Ocotea floribunda leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Ocotea floribunda leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Ocotea floribunda leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Ocotea floribunda fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Ocotea floribunda fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Ocotea floribunda fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Ocotea floribunda world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Ocotea floribunda threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1146025-2
WFO ID wfo-0000383065
COL ID 48HGQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630242
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oreodaphne willdenoviana Ocotea wachenheimii Oreodaphne domingensis Ocotea botryophylla Calycodaphne floribunda Laurus retroflexa Oreodaphne retroflexa Nectandra floribunda Persea retroflexa Oreodaphne floribunda Ocotea arenaensis Strychnodaphne floribunda Laurus floribunda Persea floribunda Calycodaphne dysoxylon Ocotea floribunda
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