Lauraceae FAMILY

Ocotea cymosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ocotea cymosa is an evergreen tree usually growing 20 - 25 metres tall. The bole is not always straight; it can be unbranched for up to 16 metres; around 80cm in diameter and with buttresses up to 1.5 metres tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The tree yields a high quality timber and so is commonly harvested from the wild for local use and also for trade.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - eastern Madagascar.

HabitatForests and coastal sands at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ].