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Lauraceae Ocotea leucoxylon (Sw.) De Laness.

Lauraceae Ocotea leucoxylon
| | © W.D. Hawthorne

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Species information

Description
20m tree, bark with large prominent 2-4mm lenticels (corky bumps); cut bark yellow, briefly sweet-smelling, bitter-seet taste; Lvs scented when crushed, very often infected by galls, 10-27cm long; young twigs with finer hairs lying flat; slightly waxy. glaucous colour below; veins impressed above; pancles branched from base, shorter than lvs; fruit stalks to 15mm; cupule below ft8mm wide; berry globose, c 1cm..

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, D.Jules

Specimen Number
1050

Location
Just below ridge, in flat open area.

Notes
Galls on lvs. White and yellow flowers.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.040000 N   Longitude: 61.400000 W   Altitude: 0.0