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Cryptocarya alba, the peumo or Chilean acorn, is an evergreen tree [1] that grows in Chile and Argentina from 33 to 40° southern latitude. It can live both in wet and as in dry conditions. Its distribution can reach up to 1500 meters (5000 ft) above sea level.
Cryptocarya is a genus of about 360 species [1] of flowering plants in the laurel family, Lauraceae. Most species are trees, occasionally shrubs, distributed through the Neotropical , Afrotropical , Indomalayan , and Australasian realms .
Cryptocarya alba (Molina) Looser; Cryptocarya albifrons Kosterm. ... Cryptocarya laevigata Blume – red-fruited laurel, glossy laurel, grey sassafras (Malesia, ...
The evergreens largely predominate here as well as in the extreme south, and on the open, sunburnt plains the vegetation takes on a sub-tropical aspect. One of the most characteristic trees of this zone is the peumo (Cryptocarya alba), whose dense evergreen foliage is everywhere conspicuous
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Copernicia alba, a palm tree species found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina; Cornus alba, the Siberian, white or red-barked dogwood, a large shrub or small tree species; Correa alba, the white correa, a shrub species endemic to Australia; Cryptocarya alba, the peumo, an evergreen tree species found in Chile
Cryptocarya whiffiniana is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 20 m (66 ft), its stems buttressed.Its leaves are oblong, lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic, 70–110 mm (2.8–4.3 in) long and 20–40 mm (0.8–1.6 in) wide, on a petiole 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long.
Vulnerable (VU) species are considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 5430 Vulnerable (VU) plant species.