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Cryptocarya macdonaldii
Cryptocarya macdonaldii, commonly known as McDonald's laurel, McDonald's cryptocarya or Cooloola laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to Central Queensland. It is a tree with elliptic to egg-shaped to oblong leaves, cream-coloured, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and elliptical black drupes.
Cryptocarya macdonaldii grows in rainforest from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) elevation between Proserpine and Eungella and from Miriam Vale to south of Brisbane in Central Queensland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cryptocarya macdonaldii 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.
