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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Oxandra laurifolia (Sw.) A.Rich.

Annonaceae

SE North America (Greater Antilles, Guadeloupe)

M[L]

hyg->mes calc

dr ti

Anaxagorea acuminata Bello non (Dunal) A.DC. Bocagea laurifolia Benth. & Hook.f. Guatteria laurifolia Dunal Uvaria dodecandra Sessé & Moç. Uvaria laurifolia Sw. Xylopia acuminata DC. p.p. non Dunal

laurelleaf lancewood; lancewood (Jamaica); okra

bois-de-lance bâtard; bois de l'an (Guadeloupe); bois de lan; bois de lance bâtard (Haiti); bois pian

haya, haya mala (Puerto Rico); purio (Cuba); yaya (Dominican Republic); yaya blanca (Hispaniola); yaya boba (Dominican Republic)

bwa lans bata (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Oxandra laurifolia (Sw.) A.Rich.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Greater Antilles, Guadeloupe)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->mes calc
Use	dr ti
Synonym	Anaxagorea acuminata Bello non (Dunal) A.DC. Bocagea laurifolia Benth. & Hook.f. Guatteria laurifolia Dunal Uvaria dodecandra Sessé & Moç. Uvaria laurifolia Sw. Xylopia acuminata DC. p.p. non Dunal
English name	laurelleaf lancewood; lancewood (Jamaica); okra
French name	bois-de-lance bâtard; bois de l'an (Guadeloupe); bois de lan; bois de lance bâtard (Haiti); bois pian
Spanish name	haya, haya mala (Puerto Rico); purio (Cuba); yaya (Dominican Republic); yaya blanca (Hispaniola); yaya boba (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa lans bata (creole, Haiti)
Trade name