General information ⁴

Endemic to Chile and Argentina
Grows on humid and deep soils
Evergreen tree up to 30 m tall and 1.4 m in diameter
Superficial resemblance to Bay Laurel
VERY aromatic wood and leaves, smells like cinnamon
Common around the Rancho Colico, also along the road on the D6 bike ride to Lanin

Common name ⁴

Tepa
Laurela
Huahuan

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Inao Vásquez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tepa_(Laurelia_phillipiana)_-_leaf_%26_fruit.jpg
2. Daderot, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laureliopsis_philippiana_-_Trebah_Garden_-_Cornwall,_England_-_DSC01659.jpg
3. Daderot, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laureliopsis_philippiana_-_Trebah_Garden_-_Cornwall,_England_-_DSC01661.jpg
4. (c) Alice Roy-Bolduc, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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