''Aiouea cinnamomoidea'' is a species of tree in the laurel family (

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant Family (biology), family that includes the bay laurel, true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genus (biology), genera worldwide. They are dicotyled ...

). It is native to the states of

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and

Guerrero Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...

in southern

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Description

''Aioueia cinnamomoidea'' is an evergreen shrub or small tree, growing 2 to 10 meters tall, called mountain laurel. The flowers are small, inconspicuous and bisexual. It is distinguished by the presence of only the third whorl of stamens fertile, anthers bicelled, staminodes of the fourth whorl well developed, and a cupule with persistent tepals subtending the fruit. These characteristics are common to ''Aioueia, Ocotea, Nectandra, Cinnamomum'', and few others. The fruit are succulent, olive fruit shaped with a deep thick cup, and dispersed mostly by birds.

Range and habitat

''Aioueia cinnamomoidea'' is native to

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, Montane forest, montane, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moist forest characteri ...

s in the

Sierra Madre del Sur The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca. Geography The Sierra Madre del Sur joins with the Eje Volcánico Transv ...

of Guerrero and Oaxaca states, between 1,600 and 1,800 meters elevation.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q90399157 cinnamomoidea Flora of the Sierra Madre del Sur Cloud forest flora of Mexico Endemic flora of Mexico Trees of Northern America