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.

[3][4] It is an evergreen tree growing up to 15 metres high.

[4] 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.

[4] Its wood is used as a raw material,[5] such as from October 1886 onwards for truncheons of the London Metropolitan Police.