Lauraceae

Wright's laurel canelon

Ocotea wrightii (Meisn.) Mez

Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Ocotea

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Wright's laurel canelon (Ocotea wrightii) — Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Wright's laurel canelon

Synonyms

Acrodiclidium wrightii Meisn.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.