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Mespilodaphne moschata (nemoca)

Synonyms: Laurus moschata (homotypic); Ocotea moschata

Wikipedia Abstract

Ocotea moschata is a tree of the Caribbean region. Its vernacular names include nuez moscada, and cimarrona (Spanish) and nemoca and nutget (English). It is native to Puerto Rico. This tree is common in the Toro Negro State Forest.
View Wikipedia Record: Mespilodaphne moschata

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Mespilodaphne moschata

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Summer
Frost Free Days [1]  1 year
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Winter
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Period [1]  Spring
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Seed
Root Depth [1]  36 inches (91 cm)
Seeds Per [1]  322 / lb (710 / kg)
Specific Gravity [3]  0.6
Structure [2]  Tree
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  Dark Green
Height [1]  80 feet (24.4 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°)
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Luquillo Biosphere Reserve 8617 Puerto Rico, United States  

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0