Dicypellium

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Laurales Family: Lauraceae Genus: Dicypellium
Species
Dicypellium caryophyllatum Dicypellium manausense

Dicypellium is a genus of plants in the family Lauraceae, native to tropical South America. The genus consists of two species.

Dicypellium caryophyllatum, known as "pau-cravo" in Brazil, has bark that smells like cloves.

Reference

• Rohwer, J. G.: The Genera Dicypellium, Phyllostemonodaphne, Systemonodaphne and Urbanodendron (Lauraceae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 110(2): 157-171, 1988.