Oreodaphne

Oreodaphne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Oreodaphne; Aubl.[citation needed]
Species
	See text
Synonyms[citation needed]
	Bellota Gay; Mespilodaphne Nees; Oreodaphne Nees & Mart.

Oreodaphne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. The genus includes five species^[1] of evergreen trees, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of South America, tropical Africa, and Mauritius. It is often considered to be included in Ocotea.^[2]

Oreodaphne trees sometimes are called Mountain laurels.^{[citation needed]} The fruit are succulent, partly immersed in a deep thick cup formed of the tube of the calyx.^{[citation needed]}

Species^[1]

Oreodaphne divaricata (Poir.) Nees
Oreodaphne retroflexa (Poir.) Nees
Oreodaphne sericea (Kunth) Nees
Oreodaphne subalpina (Nees) Meisn.
Oreodaphne tinctoria (Arruda) Rosenthal

References

^ ^a ^b "The Plant List".
^ "Tropicos.org".

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Species^[1]