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Ocotea leucoxylon
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Ocotea leucoxylon

Ocotea leucoxylon

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

The plant flowers and produces fruit irregularly through the year[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ocotea+leucoxylon>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands — Little E.L.; Wadsworth F.H. · USDA, Forest Service; Washington. · 1964 ↩︎Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 250 tree species, including both native and exotic species.
  2. [2]Puerto Rican Woods. Agriculture Handbook No. 205 — Longwood F.R. · USDA Forest Service; Washington · 1961 ↩︎Descriptions of 60 timbers from Puerto Rica.