Nectandra coriacea

(Swartz) Grisebach

Fl. Brit. W. I., 281. 1860.

Common names: Lancewood
Illustrated
Basionym: Laurus coriacea Swartz Prodr., 65. 1788
Synonyms: Laurus catesbyana Michaux Nectandra catesbyana (Michaux) Sargent Ocotea catesbyana (Michaux) Sargent Ocotea coriacea (Swartz) Britton
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Trees, to 10 m. Branches dense; terminal bud not covered by imbricate bracts. Leaf-blade narrowly elliptic, 7-12 × 2-4 cm, base and apex acute; surfaces glabrous; domatia absent. Inflorescences to 8 cm, nearly glabrous or sparsely pilose. Flowers: tepals white, rotate; ovary superior, glabrous. Drupe ± ellipsoid, to 18 mm, seated in shallow, bowl-shaped cupule to 7 mm diam.


Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–Jun).
Habitat: In woods
Elevation: 0-100 m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico (Yucatan), West Indies, Central America (Caribbean coasts of Belize), Central America (Guatemala), Central America (and Honduras)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Nectandra coriacea"
Henk van der Werff +
(Swartz) Grisebach +
dark reddish-brown +
Laurus coriacea +
deciduous +
Lancewood +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
single-rimmed +
bowl--shaped +
Fla. +, Mexico (Yucatan) +, West Indies +, Central America (Caribbean coasts of Belize) +, Central America (Guatemala) +  and Central America (and Honduras) +
black;dark blue +
ellipsoid +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
0-100 m +
pistillate +  and staminate +
reddish;usually yellow;greenish or white +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (?) +
In woods +
papillose +
pilose +  and glabrous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
leathery +  and papery +
petiolate +  and simple +
many-flowered +
Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–Jun). +
Fl. Brit. W. I., +
Illustrated +
capitate +  and discoid +
Laurus catesbyana +, Nectandra catesbyana +, Ocotea catesbyana +  and Ocotea coriacea +
Nectandra coriacea +
Nectandra +
species +
deciduous +
3 +  and 6 +
unequal +  and smaller +
3 +  and 2 +