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Ocotea porphyria is an evergreen laurel-family tree of the humid montane Yungas forests of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, grown for its hard timber. It is a large forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant.
Ocotea porphyria is a species of evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, where it lives in humid montane forests, or Yungas, on the eastern side of the Andes. Common names include laurel del cerro, laurel la falda, laurel tucumano, and ayuínandí.
Ocotea porphyria is native to northwestern Argentina, in the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca, and adjacent portions of southern Bolivia.
The tree is harvested from the wild for timber. The wood is hard, heavy, and fairly durable, with a straight to irregular grain, light brown heartwood, and yellowish-white sapwood. It is used for furniture and construction, including doors and window frames.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ocotea porphyria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
