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Latin name	Ocotea martinicensis Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci->hel xer?
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English name	Martinique ocotea
French name	ocotéa bord-de-mer; laurier-bord de mer
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Latin name	Ocotea meziana C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Mez ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Mez
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Latin name	Ocotea moaensis Bisse
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Moa ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Moa
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Latin name	Ocotea mollicella (S.F.Blake) van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Cinnamomum mollicellum (S.F.Blake) Kosterm. Phoebe mollicella S.F.Blake
English name	soft ocotea
French name	ocotéa soyeux
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Latin name	Ocotea mollifolia Mez & Pittier
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) MW South America (Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	softleaf ocotea
French name	ocotéa à feuilles souples
Spanish name	jigua pata de araña (Ecuador); quizarrá (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ocotea monteverdensis W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	MonteVerde ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Monte Verde
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Latin name	Ocotea morae Gómez-Laur.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Mora ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Mora
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Latin name	Ocotea moschata (Meisn.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	dr ti
Synonym	Mespilodaphne moschata Meisn.
English name	musky ocotea
French name	ocotéa musqué
Spanish name	moscada cimarrona, nemocá, nuez, nuez moscada del país, nuez moscada macho (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Ocotea multiflora van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	manyflower ocotea
French name	ocotéa multiflore
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Latin name	Ocotea nemodaphne Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg acid
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Synonym	Nectandra cuneata Griseb. Nemodaphne cuneata Meisn. Ocotea cuneata (Griseb.) Urb. non Mez Ocotea cuneata Urb. non Ruiz & Pav. Ocotea victorinii Roíg & Acuña
English name	cuneate ocotea
French name	ocotéa cunéaire
Spanish name	achetillo, bijote (Cuba); canela (Puerto Rico); canelillo, canelón (Cuba); laurel sassafras (Puerto Rico); sasafrás (Dominican Republic); vencedor (Cuba)
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Latin name	Ocotea nicaraguensis Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica) MW South America (Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Ocotea pentagona Mez
English name	Nicaragua ocotea
French name	ocotéa du Nicaragua
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Latin name	Ocotea nigrita (Lundell) Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala: Petén)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Nectandra nigrita Lundell
English name	black ocotea
French name	ocotéa noir
Spanish name	laurel (Guatemala)
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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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Latin name	Ocotea patula van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica: Puntarenas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	spreadingtepals ocotea
French name	ocotéa à tépales déployés
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Latin name	Ocotea paulii C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Paul ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Paul
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Latin name	Ocotea pausiaca Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Panama ocotea
French name	ocotéa du Panama
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Latin name	Ocotea pergamentacea Standl. & L.O.Willams
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	parchmentlike ocotea
French name	ocotéa papyracé
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Latin name	Ocotea pharomachrosorum Gómez-Laur.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	CostaRica ocotea
French name	ocotéa du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Ocotea pittieri (Mez) van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Cinnamomum pittieri (Mez) Kosterm. Phoebe pittieri Mez
English name	Pittier ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Pittier
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Latin name	Ocotea platyphylla (Lundell) Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Synonym	Nectandra platyphylla (Lundell) C.K.Allen Phoebe platyphylla Lundell
English name	broadleaf ocotea
French name	ocotéa à feuilles larges
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Latin name	Ocotea praetermissa van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	xer
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English name	omitted ocotea
French name	ocotéa oublié
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Latin name	Ocotea producta (C.K.Allen) Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Nectandra producta C.K.Allen
English name	stretched ocotea
French name	ocotéa étendu
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Latin name	Ocotea pseudopalmana W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
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English name	falsepalm ocotea
French name	ocotéa faux-palmier
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Latin name	Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hel
Use	fr ma pl ti
Synonym	Gymnobalanus perseoides Meisn. Laurus crassifolia Poir. Laurus puberula Rich. Ocotea martiniana (Nees) Mez Ocotea maximilanea Mart. ex Nees Ocotea puberula var. arechaualetae (Mez) Hassl. Ocotea pyramidata S.F.Blake ex Brandegee Oreodaphne martiniana Nees Oreodaphne warmingii Meisn. Persea marginata Bartl. ex Meisn. Strychnodapne puberula (Rich.) Nees & C.Mart.
English name	downy ocotea
French name	ocotéa puberulent
Spanish name	laurel San Martin (Mexico); sigua (Panama)
Other name	canela-de-corvo, canela-guaicá, canela-parda, canela-pimenta, canela-sèbo, guaicá (portuguese, Brazil)
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Latin name	Ocotea pullifolia van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	darkleaf ocotea
French name	ocotéa à feuilles foncées
Spanish name	quizarrá (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ocotea purpurea (Mez) van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Nectandra capituliforma Lundell Phoebe purpurea Mez
English name	purple ocotea
French name	ocotéa pourpre
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Latin name	Ocotea racemiflora Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	racemose ocotea
French name	ocotéa à grappes
Spanish name	laurel (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Ocotea reticularis (Britton & P.Wilson) Alain
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Nectandra reticularis Britton & P.Wilson
English name	reticulate ocotea
French name	ocotéa réticulé
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Latin name	Ocotea rhytidotricha Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	hairy ocotea
French name	ocotéa velu
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Latin name	Ocotea rivularis Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	streamsides ocotea
French name	ocotéa riverain
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