Lauraceae
Loblolly sweetwood
Ocotea leucoxylon
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Ocotea
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Ocotea leucoxylonLauraceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 小花肉桂
- English
- Loblolly sweetwood
Synonyms
- Cinnamomum parviflorum (Sw.) Kosterm.
- Laurus exaltata var. lancifolia Poir.
- Laurus leucoxylon Sw.
- Laurus parviflora Sw.
- Nectandra longifolia A.Rich.
- Ocotea duotincta C.K.Allen
- Ocotea froesii A.C.Sm.
- Ocotea lasseriana C.K.Allen
- Ocotea lenticellata Lundell
- Ocotea leucoxylon var. elongata (Meisn.) M.Gómez
- Ocotea subracemosa Mez
- Ocotea subsericea Standl.
- Oreodaphne leucoxylon (Sw.) Nees
- Oreodaphne leucoxylon (Sw.) Griseb.
- Oreodaphne leucoxylon var. elongata Meisn.
- Oreodaphne lindeniana A.Rich.
- Oreodaphne parviflora (Sw.) Nees
- Persea leucoxylon (Sw.) Spreng.
- Persea parviflora (Sw.) Spreng.
- Phoebe membranacea Macfad. ex Griseb.
- Phoebe parviflora (Sw.) Nees
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (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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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.