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3 unusual facts about Ocotea


Adhemarius ypsilon

The larvae feed on several species in the plant genus Ocotea (including Ocotea veraguensis, Ocotea atirrensis, Ocotea sarah and Ocotea dendrodaphne).

La Canela

Genus Cinnamomum is not native to South America; the trees found by Pineda were presumably of genus Ocotea (Dalby 2001 pp. 45-46).

Ocotea

Stinkwood can refer to several unrelated trees that have bad-smelling wood.


Black-and-white ruffed lemur

Of the general plants they eat, the most common types are Canarium (Burseracea), Cryptocarya, Ocotea, Ravensara (Lauraceae), Ficus (Moraceae), Eugenia/Syzygium (Myrtaceae), and Grewia (Tiliaceae).


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