Ocotea pulchella Mart.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Ocotea

Characteristics

A perennial dioecious evergreen tree. It grows 25m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 25.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Coastal and Atlantic rainforests, Araucaria forests and higher elevation forests and savannah.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal 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

Ocotea pulchella unspecified picture

Distribution

Ocotea pulchella world distribution map, present in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Conservation status

Ocotea pulchella threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:467553-1
WFO ID wfo-0000736845
COL ID 7WDBV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Oreodaphne pulchella Mespilodaphne pulchella Mespilodaphne vaccinioides Oreodaphne pulchella var. sericeola Oreodaphne pulchella var. corniculata Oreodaphne pulchella var. angustifolia Mespilodaphne pulchella var. angustifolia Ocotea pulchella var. vaccinioides Ocotea pulchella Mespilodaphne pulchella var. elliptica Mespilodaphne pulchella var. ferruginea Mespilodaphne pulchella var. floribunda