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Ocotea rugosa

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
SW. Colombia to Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ocotea rugosa is a species of evergreen tree to 10 m (33 ft) tall in the plant genus Ocotea, in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Andean Ecuador at an altitude of 1,700 to 2,500 m (5,600 to 8,200 ft). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and cloud forest. This species requires moisture and protection of other trees for growing. The principal threats are fires, grazing, and the conversion of forest to farmland.

In Ecuador it is known from ten widely scattered populations, including the Parque Nacional Llanganates, Chillanes-El Tambo, Pichincha volcano, Guajalito river, Pululahua, Antisana and Cayambe-Coca reserves.

Other Ocotea plants

Ocotea aciphylla · Ocotea amplifolia · Ocotea basicordatifolia · Ocotea benthamiana · Black Stinkwood · Ocotea catharinensis · Ocotea cuneata · Ocotea gabonensis · Ocotea glaucosericea · Ocotea harrisii · Ocotea heterochroma · Ocotea jelskii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ocotea rugosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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