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Oreodaphne

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Lauraceae

Order
  
Laurales

Genus
  
Oreodaphne Aubl.

Oreodaphne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. The genus includes five species of evergreen trees, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of South America, tropical Africa, and Mauritius. It is often considered to be included in Ocotea.

Oreodaphne trees sometimes are called Mountain laurels. The fruit are succulent, partly immersed in a deep thick cup formed of the tube of the calyx.

Species

  • Oreodaphne divaricata (Poir.) Nees
  • Oreodaphne retroflexa (Poir.) Nees
  • Oreodaphne sericea (Kunth) Nees
  • Oreodaphne subalpina (Nees) Meisn.
  • Oreodaphne tinctoria (Arruda) Rosenthal
  • References

    Oreodaphne Wikipedia