Oxandra lanceolata, also known as lancewood in English and chilcahuite in Spanish, is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It occurs naturally in Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
It is an evergreen tree growing up to 15 metres high. Its leaves are 3.5âÂÂ9.5 cm long, 1.5âÂÂ4 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 1âÂÂ2 mm in length. Its compound fruit are ellipsoidal in shape, reddish-black in colour, 11âÂÂ13 mm long and 7âÂÂ9 mm wide. Its wood is used as a raw material, such as from October 1886 onwards for truncheons of the London Metropolitan Police.