Ocotea porosa

Ocotea porosa is a species of plant in the Lauraceae family, often placed in the related genus Phoebe. Common names include embuia , embuya, imbuia , imbuya, canela-imbuia, and Brazilian walnut .

Ocotea porosa is a species of plant in the Lauraceae family, often placed in the related genus Phoebe. Common names (with variant spellings) include embuia (embúia), embuya, imbuia (imbúia), imbuya, canela-imbuia, and "Brazilian walnut" (it is not closely related to walnuts). The tree is found in the subtropical montane Araucaria angustifolia rain forests of southern Brazil, mostly in the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, and in smaller numbers in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul. More

* Ocotea porosa – Embuya (sometimes placed in Phoebe) * Ocotea porphyria * Ocotea portoricensis – Laurel de Paloma * Ocotea prunifolia * Ocotea puberula * Ocotea pulchella Mart. More

Imbuia, ocotea porosa, comes from southern Brazil. More