Nectandra coriacea
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Nectandra coriacea is a species of the genus Nectandra inthe laurel family (Lauraceae). It thrives on the Caribbean coast.
description
Appearance, wood, bark and leaf
Nectandra coriacea grows as a small tree with heights of 6 to 9 or 10 meters and trunk diameters of rarely more than 0.2 meters. The wood of Nectandra coriacea is heavy and hard. The heartwood is dark brown and the thick sapwood is light yellow. There are thin medullary rays and evenly distributed vessels. The slender branches form a round, narrow treetop . The bark is dark red-brown and has many outgrowths. In the terminal bud, the bud scales do not overlap like roof tiles.
The alternate leaves arranged on the branches are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The simple, leathery, bare leaf blade is 7 to 12 centimeters long and 2 to 4 centimeters narrow- elliptical with a pointed blade base and a pointed upper end. The leaf margin is entire . The leaves are light green when young and later dark green, with the underside of the leaves being pale.
Inflorescence, flower and fruit
In Florida, the flowering time is late winter to spring in the months of March to June. The flowers stand together in up to 8 centimeters long paniculate inflorescences . The inflorescence axes are almost hairless or sparsely finely haired. The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry . The same six bracts are white to creamy white and fall off early. There are nine stamens . The upper ovary is bare.
The bowl -shaped, relatively flat fruit cup with a diameter of up to 7 millimeters and the fruit stem are red in color. The stone fruit is ellipsoidal with a length of up to 18 millimeters. The stone fruit is shiny dark blue to black when ripe.
Occurrence
Nectandra coriacea is native to Florida , including the Florida Keys , the Mexican Yucatán , Caribbean islands and the coasts of the Central American states of Belize , Guatemala and Honduras .
Taxonomy
It was first published in 1788 under the name ( Basionym ) Laurus coriacea by Olof Peter Swartz . The new combination to Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb. was published in 1860 by August Grisebach . Other synonyms for Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb. are: Laurus catesbyana Michx. , Ocotea catesbyana (Michx.) Coffin. and Ocotea coriacea (Sw.) Britton .
use
Nectandra coriacea is used as an ornamental plant in tropical gardens.
literature
- Henk van der Werff: Nectandra : Nectandra coriacea - same text online as the printed work , Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico , Volume 3 - Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae , Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford , 1997. ISBN 0-19-511246-6 (Sections Description, Distribution and Taxonomy).
Web links
- Illustration in the Flora of North America North of Mexico .
- USDA data sheet.
- Ocotea coriacea - data sheet from RP Wunderlin & BF Hansen 2008: Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants .
- Data sheet from the University of Michigan, Dearborn, Native American Ethnobotany .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Klaus Ulrich Leistikow: The Woodbook: The Complete Plates . TASCHEN Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8365-3603-5 , pp. 316 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Henk van der Werff: Nectandra : Nectandra coriacea - same text online as the printed work , Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico , Volume 3 - Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae , Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0-19-511246-6 .
- ^ Nectandra coriacea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
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