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Lauraceae

Ocotea bullata (Burch.) Baill.

Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Ocotea

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Ocotea bullata: Ocotea bullata. The Black Stinkwood tree of South Africa.
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)
Afrikaans
Stinkhout
Arabic
أوكوتة فقاعية
arz
اوكوته فقاعيه
Chinese
臭木
Croatian
Smrdljivo drvo
Danish
Stinkwood
Persian
گندودرخت سیاه

Synonyms

  • Laurus bullata Burch.
  • Manglilla racemosa Roem. & Schult.
  • Mespilodaphne bullata (Burch.) Meisn.
  • Myrsine racemosa (Roem. & Schult.) Steud.
  • Oreodaphne bullata (Burch.) Nees
  • Quercus africana Barrow

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.