Oxandra lanceolata
| Lancewood | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Oxandra |
| Species: | O. lanceolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxandra lanceolata (Sw.) A.Rich. ;
Adansonia 8: 168 1868[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bocagea virgata (Sw.) Benth. & Hook.f. | |
Oxandra lanceolata, also known as lancewood in English and chilcahuite in Spanish, is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It occurs naturally in Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.[5][6]
It is an evergreen tree growing up to 15 metres high.[6] Its leaves are 3.5-9.5 cm long, 1.5–4 cm wide and elliptic, lanceolate or oblanceolate in shape, with a rounded base and a sharp tip to the leaf blade. The petiole is bare and grows up to 1–2 mm in length.[6] Its compound fruit are ellipsoidal in shape, reddish-black in colour, 11–13 mm long and 7–9 mm wide.[6] Its wood is used as a raw material,[7] such as from October 1886 onwards for truncheons of the Metropolitan Police.
References
[edit]- ^ Stevens P.F. (2001). "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ "Oxandra lanceolata (Sw.) Baill". The Plant List. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Oxandra lanceolata". itis.gov. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Plants of the World Online". RBG Kew Science. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Oxandra lanceolata – Maps". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Oxandra lanceolata" (in French). Plantes & botanique. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ D.J. Mabberley (1997). The Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780521414210.
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