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Ocotea porphyria

Ocotea porphyria

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

A tree mainly of the warm temperate and subtropical zones, though it enters the tropics in Bolivia, usually at elevations above 1,200 metres, with one report of a tree at 600 metres.

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Technical Information on 134 Species of Bolivian Woods — USDA Forest Service -- Forest Products Lab · USDA Forest Service · http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/publications/ ↩︎A PDF file, available for download. Exactly what the title says, brief and to the point.
  2. [2]Flore Forestiere Du Globe — Chnacerel L. · Gauthier-Villars et Co.; Paris. · 1920 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Written in French, a very detailed work on the timbers of the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet.