Lauraceae FAMILY

Ocotea guianensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ocotea guianensis is an evergreen tree with an open, more or less pyramidal crown; it can grow 8 - 20 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 25 - 40cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of medicines and wood. It also has potential for use as a pioneer to re-establish woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, the Guyanas.

HabitatHumid, upland forests, principally in secondary formations[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].