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Cryptocarya dorrigoensis

Cryptocarya dorrigoensis
Photo: Unknown or anonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
NE. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cryptocarya dorrigoensis, commonly known as Dorrigo laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is native to northern New South Wales. It is a tree with lance-shaped leaves, the flowers greenish-cream to creamy-yellow but not perfumed, and the fruit is a spherical to elliptic, black to bluish-black drupe.

Where it grows

Dorrigo laurel grows in mountain rainforest from near Coffs Harbour to Point Lookout at altitudes of 600–1,000 m (2,000–3,300 ft).

Other Cryptocarya plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cryptocarya dorrigoensis 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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