Ocotea leucoxylon (Sw.) Laness.

Loblolly sweetwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Ocotea

Characteristics

A perennial dioecious evergreen tree. It grows 16.65m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 16.65
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.9
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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JulAugSep
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forests in moist areas along the coast and on limestone.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses seasoning wood
Edible -
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

Habit

Ocotea leucoxylon habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Ocotea leucoxylon habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

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

Fruit

Ocotea leucoxylon fruit picture by SINAC Pérez Greivin (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ocotea leucoxylon world distribution map, present in Brazil and Panama

Conservation status

Ocotea leucoxylon threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1144198-2
WFO ID wfo-0000382820
COL ID 48HLX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630247
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Oreodaphne parviflora Oreodaphne lindeniana Ocotea persulcata Ocotea subsericea Ocotea subracemosa Persea leucoxylon Ocotea lenticellata Ocotea lasseriana Ocotea duotincta Cinnamomum parviflorum Oreodaphne leucoxylon Ocotea leucoxylon Laurus leucoxylon Phoebe parviflora Persea parviflora Laurus parviflora Oreodaphne leucoxylon Ocotea leucoxylon var. elongata