Lauraceae FAMILY

Ocotea elegans

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ocotea elegans is an evergreen tree with a dense, low, globose crown; it can grow 4 - 8 metres tall. The short bole can be 30 - 40cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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 its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatSemideciduous forests at moderate to higher elevations, found mainly in the more open, secondary growth and also as a solitary tree in pastures, favouring gentle slopes with well-drained, sandy soils of lower fertility[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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. ].