Oxandra lanceolata

Oxandra lanceolata 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]

Lancewood
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Oxandra
Species:	O. lanceolata
Binomial name
Oxandra lanceolata (Sw.) A.Rich. ; Adansonia 8: 168 1868[1]
Synonyms
Bocagea virgata (Sw.) Benth. & Hook.f. Cananga lancea Poit. ex DC. Guatteria virgata (A.Rich.) Dunal Oxandra virgata A.Rich. Uvaria lanceolata Sw.[2][3][4]

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

1. Stevens P.F. (2001). "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". Retrieved 2009-06-01.
2. "Oxandra lanceolata (Sw.) Baill". The Plant List. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
3. "Oxandra lanceolata". itis.gov. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
4. "Plants of the World Online". RBG Kew Science. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
5. "Oxandra lanceolata – Maps". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
6. "Oxandra lanceolata" (in French). Plantes & botanique. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
7. D.J. Mabberley (1997). The Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780521414210.