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Ocotea puberula is a species of flowering plant in genus Ocotea of the family Lauraceae. It is an evergreen tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging through tropical Mexico and from Costa Rica and Panama through tropical South America to northern Argentina. It grows in moist lowland and montane tropical and subtropical forests up to 1,600 meters elevation.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ocotea puberula being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Ocotea
- Species
- Ocotea puberula
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