Ocotea debilis
Loblolly Sweetwood
Ocotea leucoxylon
(Sw.) Laness. Species
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- Botanical name
- Ocotea leucoxylon
- Also known as
- Black-Cedar, Duckwood, Loblolly Sweetwood, Pumpkin-Sweetwood, Whitewood
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Ocotea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Loblolly Sweetwood
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Ocotea leucoxylon but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cinnamomum parviflorum
Laurus exaltata var. lancifolia
Laurus leucoxylon
Laurus parviflora
Nectandra longifolia
Ocotea duotincta
Ocotea froesii
Ocotea lasseriana
Ocotea lenticellata
Ocotea leucoxylon var. elongata
Ocotea subracemosa
Ocotea subsericea
Oreodaphne leucoxylon
Oreodaphne leucoxylon
Oreodaphne leucoxylon var. elongata
Oreodaphne lindeniana
Oreodaphne parviflora
Persea leucoxylon
Persea parviflora
Phoebe membranacea
Phoebe parviflora
Others in Ocotea
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