Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Canellales > Winteraceae > Drimys > Drimys winteriDrimys winteri (Winter's bark)Synonyms: Drimys aromatica (heterotypic); Drimys brasiliensis var. retorta; Drimys chilensis (homotypic); Drimys chilensis latifolia; Drimys chilensis var. latifolia; Drimys granadensis var. mexicana; Drimys ledifolia (homotypic); Drimys magnoliifolia (homotypic); Drimys mexicana (homotypic); Drimys paniculata; Drimys polumorpha (homotypic); Drimys polymorpha (homotypic); Drimys punctata; Drimys retorta; Drimys winterana; Drimys winteri f. andina (heterotypic); Drimys winteri f. chilensis (homotypic); Drimys winteri f. magellanica; Drimys winteri var. chilensis; Drimys winteri var. latifolia; Drimys winteri var. morenonis; Drimys winteri var. punctata; Drimys winteri var. semiglobulosa; Drimys winteri var. winteri; Wintera aromatica; Winterania aromatica (homotypic) Drimys winteri (winter's bark or canelo) is a slender tree, growing up to 20 m (66 ft) tall. It is native to the Magellanic and Valdivian temperate rain forests of Chile and Argentina, where it is a dominant tree in the coastal evergreen forests. It is found below 1,200 m (3,937 ft) between latitude 32° south and Cape Horn at latitude 56°. In its southernmost natural range it can tolerate temperatures down to −20 °C (−4 °F). |
| Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High |  | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [2] | Hermaphrodite | | Hazards [2] | The sap of this plant can cause serious inflammation if it comes into contact with the eyes; | | Leaf Type [2] | Evergreen | | Scent [2] | The flowers have a delicate fragrance of jasmine. | | Specific Gravity [3] | 0.4 | | Structure [2] | Shrub | | Usage [2] | The powerfully aromatic bark contains resinous matter and 0.64% of aromatic essential oil;
Wood - not durable, heavy (it sinks in water) - interior of houses, boxes etc. It burns badly with a smell; | | | Height [2] | 25 feet (7.5 m) | | Width [2] | 20 feet (6 m) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 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 ♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 5Plant/frugivore interactions in South American temperate forests, JUAN J. ARMESTO, RICARDO ROZZI, PAMELA MIRANDA and CARLOS SABAG, Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 60: 321-336, 1987
♦ 6LIFE HISTORY OF THE LONG-TAILED SILKY-FLYCATCHER, WITH NOTES ON RELATED SPECIES, ALEXANDER F. SKUTCH, The Auk, 82: 375-426. July, 1965 ♦ 7Diet of the patagonian Sierra-finch (Phrygilus patagonicus) on Navarino island, Chile, Steven M. McGehee & Jack Clinton Eitniear, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 18: 449–452, 2007 |
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
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