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Latin name	Ocotea dominicana (Meisn.) Howard
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel] hyg
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Synonym	Nectandra dominicana (Meisn.) Mez Oreodaphne dominicana Meisn.
English name	Dominica ocotea
French name	ocotéa muscadier; bois doux muscade, laurier gombo, laurier grande feuille, laurier zaboca, muscadier
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Latin name	Ocotea eggersiana Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles) NC South America (Trinidad and Tobago)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci
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Synonym	Ocotea eggersii Duss
English name	mattack ocotea; black sweet wood (St. Vincent); laurier mattack (Trinidad and Tobago); small leaf, small leaf mattack (Trinidad)
French name	ocotéa fétide; bois doux, laurier caca, laurier fétide, laurier noir, laurier noué, laurier ti feuille, peste à pou, violon
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Latin name	Ocotea ekmanii O.C.Schmidt
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Ekman ocotea
French name	ocotéa d'Ekman
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Latin name	Ocotea endresiana Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
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English name	Endres ocotea
French name	ocotéa d'Endres
Spanish name	ira rosa (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ocotea eucymosa Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	cymose ocotea
French name	ocotéa à cymes
Spanish name	laurel (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Ocotea exaltata (Sw.) Borhidi
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	acid
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Synonym	Nectandra earlei Britton Nectandra exaltata Griseb.
English name	lofty ocotea
French name	ocotéa élevé
Spanish name	boniato amarillo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	fw ma ti
Synonym	Laurus cerifera Vahl Laurus exaltata Rudolphi non Sw. Laurus floribunda Sw. Laurus retroflexa Poir. Nectandra floribunda (Sw.) Nees Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Benth. & Hook.f. Ocotea wachenheimii Benoist Oreodaphne domingensis Nees Oreodaphne retroflexa Nees Persea retroflexa Spreng. Strychnodaphne floribunda Griseb.
English name	flowering ocotea; black candlewood, black sweet wood (Jamaica)
French name	ocotéa puant; bois doux (Guadeloupe); laurier petite feuille; laurier puant (Haiti); laurier ti feuilles (St. Lucia)
Spanish name	aguacatilla (Ecuador); boniato laurel (Cuba); cedro colorado (Ecuador); cigua aguacatillo, cigua prieta (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); fierrilo, hierrillo (Costa Rica); jigua (Ecuador); laurel (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); laurel blanco (Dominican Republic); laurel espada (Puerto Rico); lebisa (Cuba); quina (Costa Rica)
Other name	lorié piant (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Ocotea foeniculacea Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg mes
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English name	fennellike ocotea; black sweetwood (Puerto Rico)
French name	ocotea faux-fenouil; canelle marron (Haiti)
Spanish name	canelilla (Dominican Republic); laurel, palo santo (Puerto Rico)
Other name	kanèl mawon (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Ocotea glaucosericea Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Nectandra hypoglauca Standl. ex C.K.Allen
English name	glaucous ocotea
French name	ocotéa glauque
Spanish name	bambito blanco (Panama)
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Latin name	Ocotea gomezii W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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English name	Gomez ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Gomez
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Latin name	Ocotea gordonii van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	McPherson ocotea
French name	ocotéa de McPherson
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Latin name	Ocotea guatemalensis Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Guatemala ocotea
French name	ocotéa du Guatemala
Spanish name	laurel (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Ocotea hartshorniana Hammel
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
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English name	Hartshorn ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Hartshorn
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Latin name	Ocotea helicterifolia (Meisn.) Hemsl.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Cinnamomum corzoanum (Lundell) Kosterm. Cinnamomum helicterifolium (Meisn.) Kosterm. Cinnamomum obtusatum (Lundell) Kosterm. Nectandra corzoana Lundell Oreodaphne helicterifolia Meisn. Oreodaphne mexicana Meisn. Phoebe corzoana (Lundell) Lundell Phoebe helicterifolia (Meisn.) Mez Phoebe nectandroides Mez Phoebe obtusata Lundell
English name	twistedleaf ocotea
French name	ocotéa à feuilles spiralées
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Latin name	Ocotea henkwerffii Lorea-Hern.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (S Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
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English name	vanderWerff ocotea
French name	ocotéa de van der Werff
Spanish name	aguacatillo, laurel, laurel San Martin (Mexico)
Other name	puchitum, tempehtz (zoque, Mexico)
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Latin name	Ocotea heribertoi T.Wendt
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Oaxaca)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
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English name	Héribert ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Héribert
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Latin name	Ocotea heydeana (Mez & Donn.Sm.) Bernardi
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Nectandra heydeana Mez & Donn.Sm.
English name	Heyde ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Heyde
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Honduras)
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Latin name	Ocotea holdridgeiana W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
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English name	Holdridge ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Holdridge
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Latin name	Ocotea imrayana Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel]
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English name	imrayana ocotea
French name	ocotéa cannelle; laurier cannelle
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Latin name	Ocotea insularis (Meisn.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Andes, Amazonas; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
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Use	fw ti (general carpentery, interior construction)
Synonym	Phoebe insularis Meisn.
English name	insular ocotea
French name	ocotea insulaire
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Honduras); aguacaton (Costa Rica); aguacoton (Panama); ira, ira marañon (Costa Rica); malde (Ecuador); pocora (Costa Rica)
Other name	malde teiug (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Ocotea ira Mez & Pittier
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) MW South America (Ecuador: Coast)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Ocotea insularis ssp. ira (Mez & Pittier) W.C.Burger
English name	ira ocotea
French name	ocotéa ira
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Honduras)
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Latin name	Ocotea jacquinii (Meisn.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg
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Synonym	Laurus martinicensis Jacq. Ocotea jacquini (Meisn.) Mez Ocotea jacquiniana Mez ex Duss Oreodaphne jacquini Meisn.
English name	Jacquin ocotea
French name	ocotéa blanc; bois doux blanc; laurier-gland (St. Lucia)
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Latin name	Ocotea jorge-escobarii C.Nelson
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Jorge-Escobar ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Jorge-Escobar
Spanish name	aguacatillo, chiqua (Honduras); quizarrá (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ocotea klotzschiana (Nees) Hemsl.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Hidalgo to Oaxaca)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Synonym	Oreodaphne klotzschiana Nees
English name	Klotzsch ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Klotzsch
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Latin name	Ocotea l'herminieri Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Guadeloupe)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	L'Herminier ocotea
French name	ocotéa de L'Herminier
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Latin name	Ocotea laetevirens Standl. & Steyerm.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
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English name	brightgreen ocotea
French name	ocotéa vert-franc
Spanish name	aguacatillo, jigua (Honduras)
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Latin name	Ocotea lentii W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica: Cartago, Guanacaste) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Lent ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Lent
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Latin name	Ocotea leucoxylon (Sw.) Laness.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg
Use	fr ti
Synonym	Laurus exaltata var. lancifolia Poir. Laurus leucoxylon Sw. Nectandra longifolia A.Rich. Ocotea duotincta C.K.Allen Ocotea lenticellata Lundell Ocotea leucoxylon (Sw.) Benth. & Hook.f. Ocotea leucoxylon (Sw.) Mez Oreodaphne leucoxylon Nees Persea leucoxylon Spreng.
English name	whitewood ocotea; black-cedar, duckwood (Trinidad and Tobago); false avocado, loblolly sweetwood (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); white wood (Jamaica); whitewood (Puerto Rico)
French name	ocotéa bois-blanc; bois doux blanc, bois doux caca, bois doux couronne; bois doux jaune, bois doux piment, bois doux pimenté (Guadeloupe); bois doux-couronne; d'olive, grande feuille, laurier, laurier blanc (Haiti); laurier fine (Guadeloupe); laurier guêpes (Haiti); laurier madame (Guadeloupe); laurier noir (Martinique); laurier rose (Haiti); laurier-fine, laurier-madame
Spanish name	aguacatillo, aguacatillo negro (Honduras); boniato (Cuba); cacaillo (Puerto Rico); cigua boba, cigua laurel, cigua prieta (Dominican Republic); curabara (Cuba); false avocado (St. Thomas); geo, geo-geo (Puerto Rico); hojancha, judió (Cuba); laurel (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); laurel geo-geo (Puerto Rico); laurel prieto (Dominican Republic); patabán de monte (Cuba); yalte (Ecuador)
Other name	doliv, gran fèy, lorie blan, lorie gèp, lorie wòz (creole, Haiti); sate (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Ocotea libanensis Bisse
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Libano ocotea
French name	ocotéa du mont Libano
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Latin name	Ocotea magnifolia (Lundell) Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Oaxaca; Guatemala: Petén)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	fw (firewood)
Synonym	Nectandra magnifolia Lundell
English name	largeleaf ocotea
French name	ocotéa à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Mexico); laurel (Guatemala, Mexico)
Other name	puchitum (zoque, Mexico)
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