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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = ''Ocotea''<br /> | image = Ocotea foetens.JPG<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | image_caption = ''Ocotea foetens'' ([[Terra Chã]], [[Azores]]).<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Laurales]]<br /> | familia = [[Lauraceae]]<br /> | genus = ''Ocotea''<br /> | subdivision_ranks = Species<br /> | subdivision = <br /> See text<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''''Ocotea''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Lauraceae]]. The genus includes over 200 [[species]] of [[evergreen]] [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], the [[West Indies]], also with a few species in [[Africa]] and [[Madagascar]], and one, ''[[Ocotea foetens]]'' (Til or Tilo), native to the islands of [[Macaronesia]]. <br /> <br /> ;Selected species<br /> {|<br /> |- valign=top<br /> |<br /> *''[[Ocotea aciphylla]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea acutifolia]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea albida]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea albopunctulata]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea amazonica]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea arechavaletae]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea arnottiana]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea bangii]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea benthamiana]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea bofo]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea bullata]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea camphoromoea]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea caudata]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea cernua]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea corymbosa]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea cuneifolia]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea cuprea]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea cymbarum]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea diospyrifolia]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea floribunda]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea foeniculacea]]''<br /> |<br /> *''[[Ocotea foetens]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea glaziovii]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea gracilis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea guianensis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea heterochroma]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea illustris]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea infrafoveolata]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea javitensis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea jelskii]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea lancifolia]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea laxiflora]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea leucoxylon]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea longifolia]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea mandonii]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea marmellensis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea matogrossensis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea minarum]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea monzonensis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea moschata]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea nemodaphne]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea oblonga]]''<br /> |<br /> *''[[Ocotea odorifera]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea pauciflora]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea porosa]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea porphyria]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea portoricensis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea pretiosa]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea prunifolia]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea puberula]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea regeliana]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea rodundata]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea rubrinervis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea rusbyana]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea sericea]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea smithiana]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea spathulata]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea spectabilis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea spixiana]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea usambarensis]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea velloziana]]''<br /> *''[[Ocotea wrightii]]''<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ===Cultivation and uses===<br /> Plants of the genus produce [[essential oil]]s, and ''O. cymbarum'', Peruvian Rosewood (''O. caudata''), Brazilian Sassafras (''O. pretiosa''), and [[East African Camphorwood]] (''O. usambarensis'') are exploited commercially. A few species are harvested for commercial [[timber]], including ''O. puberula'' of Central and South America and ''[[Ocotea bullata|O. bullata]]'', known as Black Stinkwood or True Stinkwood, of [[South Africa]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *[http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=0&amp;name_str=ocotea eFloras search results: ''Ocotea'']<br /> *[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8359 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Ocotea'']<br /> *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=OCOTE USDA Plants Profile: ''Ocotea'']<br /> <br /> [[Category:Laurales]]</div>

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