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Cinnamomum laubatii
Also called Camphorwood, Pepperberry, Pepperwood
Brown beech is a tall rainforest tree native to northeast Queensland, Australia, growing up to about 35 m, valued for its hardwood. It is a species of the Laurel family and is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is general and based on related Cinnamomum trees.
Cinnamomum laubatii, commonly known as pepperwood, is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a tree to 35 m (115 ft) tall and a crown width of about 6 m (20 ft), which inhabits rainforest from Cooktown in the north to about Mackay in the south. Most occurrences are in the highlands west of Port Douglas, Cairns and Mackay, with scattered occurrences between those points.
The tree provides a general purpose hardwood marketed as 'pepperwood' and used for interior panelling, cupboards and furniture, as well as some marine applications.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cinnamomum laubatii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
