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Latin name	Ocotea robertsonae Proctor
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	Robertson ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Robertson
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Latin name	Ocotea rubriflora Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Nectandra rubriflora (Mez) C.K.Allen
English name	redflower ocotea
French name	ocotéa à fleurs rouges
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Ocotea rufescens van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	reddish ocotea
French name	ocotéa rougeâtre
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Latin name	Ocotea salvadorensis (Lundell) van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (El Salvador, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Nectandra salvadorensis Lundell Phoebe salvadorensis (Lundell) Lundell
English name	ElSalvador ocotea
French name	ocotéa d'El Salvador
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Latin name	Ocotea sinuata (Mez) Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	pl (shade)
Synonym	Nectandra sinuata Mez
English name	sinuate ocotea
French name	ocotéa sinueux
Spanish name	aguacate de montaña, cachulaguaca, cachulaguacate de tierra fria (El Salvador); quizarrá zopilote (Costa Rica); tepeaguacata (Guatemala); trompillo (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Ocotea skutchii C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Zamora-Chinchipe)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Skutch ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Skutch
Spanish name	canelo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ocotea spathulata Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	ti
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English name	spathulate ocotea
French name	ocotéa spatulé
Spanish name	canelillo (Puerto Rico); nemocá; nemoca cimarrona, nemocá cimmarrón (Puerto Rico); nemocá macho, nuez moscada macho (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Ocotea staminea (Griseb.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Nectandra staminea Griseb.
English name	spicewood ocotea; lignum dorum, spice wood (Jamaica)
French name	ocotéa staminé
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Latin name	Ocotea standleyi C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
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English name	Standley ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Standley
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Latin name	Ocotea stenoneura 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	narrownerved ocotea
French name	ocotéa à nervation étroite
Spanish name	jiqua paqueña (Ecuador); quizarrá amarillo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ocotea strigosa van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	strigose ocotea
French name	ocotéa poilu
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Latin name	Ocotea tampicensis (Meisn.) Hemsl.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Querétaro)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Synonym	Cinnamomum tampicense (Meisn.) Kosterm. Oreodaphne tampicense Meisn. Phoebe tampicense (Meisn.) Mez
English name	Tampico ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Tampico
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Latin name	Ocotea subsericea Standl.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	silky ocotea
French name	ocotéa subsoyeux
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Latin name	Ocotea tenejapensis Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	Tenejapa ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Tenejapa
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Latin name	Ocotea tenera Mez & Donn.Sm. ex Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
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English name	soft ocotea
French name	ocotéa doux
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Latin name	Ocotea terciopelo C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	amphipanameus ocotea
French name	ocotéa amphipanaméen
Spanish name	laurel cantarito (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Ocotea tonduzii Standl.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) MW South America (Ecuador: Carchí)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Ocotea cuneata Mez
English name	Tonduz ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Tonduz
Spanish name	ira marañon (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ocotea tonii (Lundell) van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Synonym	Nectandra tonii Lundell
English name	Ton ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Ton
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Latin name	Ocotea truncata Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	truncate ocotea
French name	ocotéa tronqué
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Latin name	Ocotea uxpanapana Wendt & van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Veracruz, Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
Foliage	E
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English name	Uxpanapana ocotea
French name	ocotéa d'Uxpanapana
Spanish name	aguacalillo, laurel, laurel chilpalillo (Mexico)
Other name	laruelillol? (Mexico)
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Latin name	Ocotea valeriana (Standl.) W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Cinnamomum smithianum Kosterm. Cinnamomum valerianum (Standl.) Kosterm. Nectandra austinii C.K.Allen Phoebe smithii C.K.Allen Phoebe valeriana Standl.
English name	valerian ocotea
French name	ocotéa valériane
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Latin name	Ocotea valerioides W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	falsevalerian ocotea
French name	ocotéa fausse-valériane
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Latin name	Ocotea venosissima (Lundell) Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala: Petén)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Nectandra venosissima Lundell
English name	veined ocotea
French name	ocotéa nervuré
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Latin name	Ocotea veraguensis (Meisn.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	ti (boxes, furniture, general carpentry, interior contruction, interior trim, paneling, veneer)
Synonym	Ocotea bakeri S.F.Blake Ocotea paradoxa Mez Sassafridium veraguense Meisn.
English name	Veraguas ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Veraguas
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Costa Rica, Honduras); bambito (Panama); canela, canelilla (Costa Rica); canelito (El Salvador); canelo (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua); ira (Costa Rica); palo colorado (Nicaragua); pimiento (El Salvador, Guatemala); pimiento negro (El Salvador); pimienton, pububuc (Guatemala); quizarra, sigua, sigua canela (Costa Rica); sigua canelo (Costa Rica, Panama)
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Latin name	Ocotea verticillata Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Veracruz)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
Foliage	E
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English name	verticillate ocotea
French name	ocotéa verticillé
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Latin name	Ocotea viridiflora Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	greenflower ocotea
French name	ocotéa à fleurs vertes
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Latin name	Ocotea wedeliana C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
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English name	Weddell ocotea
French name	ocotéa de Weddell
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Latin name	Ocotea whitei Woodson
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) MW South America (Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Nectandra whitei (Woodson) C.K.Allen Ocotea eusericea Lundell
English name	White ocotea
French name	ocotéa de White
Spanish name	ira rosa (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ocotea wrightii (Meisn.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr
Synonym	Acrodiclidium wrightii Meisn.
English name	Wright ocotea; Wright's laurel canelon (Puerto Rico)
French name	ocotéa canelle; cannelle, marigot, tête bois pin (Haiti)
Spanish name	canela (Puerto Rico); canelilla (Dominican Republic); canelón (Puerto Rico); laurel canelón
Other name	kanèl (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Oecopetalum Greenm. & C.H.Thomps.
Family	Icacinaceae
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English name	oecopetalum
French name	oecopetalum
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