Sweetwood
(Nectandra megapotamica)
Description
Nectandra membranacea is an evergreen tree with a globose-elliptical crown; it can grow 15 - 30 metres tall. The straight bole can be 50 - 80cm in diameter[420].The tree can be harvested from the wild for its useful wood. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Laurales
Family:Lauraceae
Genus:Nectandra
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