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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

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Spanish name

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Ocotea oblonga (Meisn.) Mez

Lauraceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)

SC SE

hel

ti (carpentry)

Mespilodaphne oblonga Meisn. Ocotea cuprea (Meisn.) Mez Ocotea portoricensis Mez Ocotea subglabra Benoist Oreodaphne cuprea Meisn. Phoebe mayana Lundell

oblong ocotea; kéréti silverballi (Guyana); timber sweet (Belize)

ocotéa oblong; cèdre calalou, cèdre gris, grignon

aguacalillo (Mexico); laurel, laurel avispillo, laurel de paloma, laurel geo (Puerto Rico); sigua (Panama)

acalahue oogompono (waorani, Ecuador); ajua, canelo (quichua, Ecuador); pisie (Suriname); wéti apici (Brazil)

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Latin name	Ocotea oblonga (Meisn.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
Use	ti (carpentry)
Synonym	Mespilodaphne oblonga Meisn. Ocotea cuprea (Meisn.) Mez Ocotea portoricensis Mez Ocotea subglabra Benoist Oreodaphne cuprea Meisn. Phoebe mayana Lundell
English name	oblong ocotea; kéréti silverballi (Guyana); timber sweet (Belize)
French name	ocotéa oblong; cèdre calalou, cèdre gris, grignon
Spanish name	aguacalillo (Mexico); laurel, laurel avispillo, laurel de paloma, laurel geo (Puerto Rico); sigua (Panama)
Other name	acalahue oogompono (waorani, Ecuador); ajua, canelo (quichua, Ecuador); pisie (Suriname); wéti apici (Brazil)
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