Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees [Lauraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
guaica	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
guayca	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
laurel blanco	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
laurel guaicá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
laurel mestizo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gymnobalanus perseoides Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 141 (1864).
Laurus puberula Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 108 (1792).
Myrcia schaueriana O.Berg Linnaea 27: 89 (1855).
Myrtus dioica Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 486 (1825), nom. illeg.
Ocotea arechavaletae Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 342 (1889).
Ocotea baturitensis Vattimo-Gil Rodriguésia 13-14: 246 (1962).
Ocotea martiniana (Nees) Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 345 (1889).
Ocotea paraensis Coe-Teix. Bol. Mus. Paraense "Emilio Goeldi," N.S., Bot. 34: 11 (1970).
Ocotea paranapiacabensis Coe-Teix. Rodriguésia 32(52): 107 (1980).
Ocotea puberula var. arechavaletae (Mez) Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 84 (1919).
Ocotea puberula var. truncata (Meisn.) Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 344 (1889).
Ocotea pyramidata S.F.Blake ex Brandegee Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 326 (1920).
Ocotea subglabra Benoist Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 3: 20 (1929).
Ocotea ucayalensis O.C.Schmidt Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 234 (1928).
Oreodaphne acutifolia var. latifolia Nees Linnaea 8: 42 (1833).
Oreodaphne hostmanniana Miq. Stirp. Surinam. Select.: 202 (1851).
Oreodaphne martiniana Nees Syst. Laur.: 415 (1836).
Oreodaphne martiniana var. dubia Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 130 (1864).
Oreodaphne martiniana var. latifolia Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 130 (1864).
Oreodaphne martiniana var. opaca Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 135 (1864).
Oreodaphne perseoides Nees ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 141 (1864), not validly publ.
Oreodaphne warmingii Meisn. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1870: 136 (1870).
Persea marginata Bartl. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 142 (1864), not validly publ.
Persea richardiana Schltdl. & Cham. Linnaea 6: 366 (1831).
Strychnodaphne puberula (Rich.) Nees & Mart. Linnaea 8: 39 (1833).
Strychnodaphne puberula var. angustata Meisn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 142 (1864), nom. superfl.
Strychnodaphne puberula var. truncata Meisn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 143 (1864).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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