Ocotea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. Many are evergreen trees with lauroid leaves. There are 324 species currently accepted within the genus, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (around 300 species) including the Caribbean and West Indies, but also with some species in Africa, Ma...
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(from the article `Laurales`) ...which are distributed throughout tropical and subtropical regions; principally Southeast Asia and tropical America, particularly Brazil. Some 66 ... ...the best-known timbers of Lauraceae are now depleted because they have been overexploited and are not likely to remain economically important in ... [...
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