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Ocotea bullata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Ocotea |
| Species: | O. bullata
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Ocotea bullata, (stinkwood or black stinkwood, Afrikaans: Stinkhout, Xhosa: Umhlungulu, Zulu: Umnukane)[2][3] is a species of flowering tree native to South Africa. It produces very fine and valuable timber which was formerly much sought after to make furniture. Due to over-exploitation it is now a protected species.[clarification needed] Other names for it are Cape Walnut,[4] Cape laurel,[4] and laurel wood.[4] The name "stinkwood" comes from a strong smell that is released when it is fresh felled.
- ^ a b Ocotea bullata (Burch.) Baill. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Protected Trees" (PDF). Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010.
- ^ "Ocotea bullata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b c [1] Red List of South African Plants
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