Laurel espada

Common names

Synonyms

• Calycodaphne dysoxylon Bojer
• Calycodaphne floribunda (Sw.) Bojer
• Laurus cerifera Vahl
• Laurus exaltata Willd. ex Nees
• Laurus exaltata Rudolph ex Meisn.
• Laurus floribunda Sw.
• Laurus multiglandulosa Ruiz & Pav.
• Laurus retroflexa Poir.
• Laurus salicifolia Trevir. ex Nees
• Nectandra floribunda (Sw.) Nees
• Ocotea architectorum Mez
• Ocotea arenaensis Brooks
• Ocotea botryophylla Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Nees
• Ocotea caniflora Mez
• Ocotea lanceolata f. latifolia Hassl.
• Ocotea multiglandulosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez
• Ocotea poeppigiana (Nees) J.F.Macbr.
• Ocotea wachenheimii Benoist
• Oreodaphne domingensis Nees
• Oreodaphne floribunda Nees
• Oreodaphne poeppigiana Nees
• Oreodaphne retroflexa Nees
• Oreodaphne willdenoviana Nees
• Persea floribunda (Sw.) Schott
• Persea retroflexa Spreng.
• Strychnodaphne floribunda (Sw.) Griseb.

Flowers

Flower colour

white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit

Tree

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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