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Ivory laurel

Cryptocarya angulata

Ivory laurel
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Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
N. & C. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cryptocarya angulata, commonly known as ivory laurel, ivory walnut, bull's breath or acidwood, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland, Australia. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic or egg-shaped, the flowers tube-shaped and creamy-green and the fruit a bluish or black drupe.

Where it grows

Ivory laurel grows in rainforest at elevations up to 1,250 m (4,100 ft) above sea level, between Cooktown and Eungella in north Queensland.

Other Cryptocarya plants

Cinnamomum elegans · Cryptocarya agathophylla · Chilean Acorn · Cryptocarya anamalayana · Cryptocarya bamagana · Cryptocarya bellendenkerana · Yellow Laurel · Cryptocarya brassii · Cryptocarya burckiana · Cryptocarya caesia · Cryptocarya cercophylla · Cryptocarya chinensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cryptocarya angulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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