Lauraceae FAMILY

Ocotea racemosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ocotea racemosa is an evergreen tree that can grow 15 - 22 metres tall. The bole can be unbranched for 10 - 12 metres and 60cm in diameter[ 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 is harvested from the wild for its high quality timber, which is used locally and also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAftica - eastern Madagascar.

HabitatA canopy tree in forests[ 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. ].