Ocotea crassifolia (Nees) Mez

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1964. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part V. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-278.

  • Family

    Lauraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ocotea crassifolia (Nees) Mez

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. A small tree with dioecious flowers on slopes of Mount Roraima and neighboring Sarven-tepui, Bolivar, Venezuela, 1400 m alt. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: along Rio Sarven between Camps 3 and 4, Wurdack 34076 ([male] fl. NY).

  • Discussion

    Oreodaphne crassifolia Nees, Linnaea 21: 520. 1848.

    Type. Im Brittischen Guiana bei Roraima, Rich. Schomburgk 934 (isotype, [male] fl., photo & leaf fragm. F).

    A species striking because of the large, leathery, densely reticulate leaves borne on stout, dark, reddish-brown petioles which contrast with the mature branchlets early changing from dark red to grey. Here may belong the Tate 246 (st. NY) collected in 1928. In habit the branchlets appear to simulate those of Ocotea sprucei (Meissner) Mez, which, however, bear smaller, more orbicular leaves without prominent reticulation.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. A small tree with dioecious flowers on slopes of Mount Roraima and neighboring Sarven-tepui, Bolivar, Venezuela, 1400 m alt.

    Venezuela South America|