Ocotea bullata

Ocotea bullata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Ocotea
Species:
O. bullata
Binomial name
Ocotea bullata
(Burch.) Baill. (1870)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Laurus bullata Burch. (1822)
  • Manglilla racemosa Roem. & Schult. (1819)
  • Mespilodaphne bullata (Burch.) Meisn. (1864)
  • Myrsine racemosa (Roem. & Schult.) Steud. (1841)
  • Oreodaphne bullata (Burch.) Nees (1836)
  • Quercus africana Barrow (1806)
  • Scleroxylum racemosum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. (1819), pro syn.

Ocotea bullata, (stinkwood or black stinkwood, Afrikaans: Stinkhout, Xhosa: Umhlungulu, Zulu: Umnukane)[2][3] is a species of flowering tree native to South Africa. It produces very fine and valuable timber which was formerly much sought after to make furniture. Due to over-exploitation it is now a protected species.[clarification needed] Other names for it are Cape Walnut,[4] Cape laurel,[4] and laurel wood.[4] The name "stinkwood" comes from a strong smell that is released when it is fresh felled.

  1. ^ a b Ocotea bullata (Burch.) Baill. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Protected Trees" (PDF). Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Ocotea bullata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c [1] Red List of South African Plants