Taxon:  Ocotea porosa (Nees & Mart.) Barroso



Summary
Genus:
Ocotea
Family:
Lauraceae
Nomen number:
401226
Place of publication:
Rodriguésia 12(24):140.  1949
Verified:
02/27/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Oreodaphne porosa Nees & Mart.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Phoebe porosa (Nees & Mart.) Mez

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana.
  2. Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
  3. Edições Melhoramentes. 1979. The new Michaelis illustrated dictionary (Novo Michaelis dicionário ilustrado), ed. 22/24 Note: Edições Melhoramentes, São Paulo, Brazil
  4. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  5. Mors, W. T. & C. T. Rizzini. 1966. Useful plants of Brazil.
  6. Rohwer, J. G. 1986. Prodromus einer Monographie der Gattung Ocotea Aubl. (Lauraceae) sensu lato. Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 20:113.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishBrazilian-walnut sub "imbuia"1Edições Melhoramentes. 1979. The new Michaelis illustrated dictionary (Novo Michaelis dicionário ilustrado), ed. 22/24 Note: Edições Melhoramentes, São Paulo, Brazil
Portugueseimbuia  2Mors, W. T. & C. T. Rizzini. 1966. Useful plants of Brazil.
Portuguese (Brazil)canela-imbuia  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)embuia  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)umbuia  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil s.0
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay e.0
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil (s.)
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay (e.)

Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
MaterialswoodtimberBoutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401226. Accessed 31 October 2026.