Genus of flowering plants
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Aiouea cinnamomoidea is a species of tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero in southern Mexico.
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 forests in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero and Oaxaca states, between 1,600 and 1,800 meters elevation.
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