Family: Lauraceae
Plant: A tree up to 30m high with brown scaly bark.
Flowers: Pale green to yellow, tiny, 5mm across and borne in dense clusters.
Flowering: October-November.
Fruit: Large bunches of shiny, black ribbed globular drupes 2cm diameter with flattened ends and usually borne at the end of the branches.
Leaves: Tough, concave, alternate, elliptic, 6-12cm long and 2-4cm wide with a petiole 6-12mm long and bluntly pointed. Leaves are dark shiny above with strong yellow mid-vein, dull blue-green on underside and fragrant when crushed. The veins are curved and do not extend to the margins.
Habitat: Common in the rainforest areas of the Royal National Park.
Features: Tough alternate leaves. Bluish-green undersides to its leaves. Shiny black fruit. Brown scaly bark.
Name:
Cryptocarya From Greek = hidden nut (referring to its fruit)
glaucescens From Latin = becoming-green (referring to the undersides of its leaves)
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Type |
Tree |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Green, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Drupe |
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Colour |
Black |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Discolorous |
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Bark |
Scaly/Corky |
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Habitat |
Rainforest |
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