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Cryptocarya smaragdina, known as Dina's laurel, is a rainforest tree from north Queensland's Atherton Tableland, not a shrub despite some listings. Its rarity in cultivation means it is grown mainly by specialist collectors and botanic gardens, so treat care advice as general guidance for wet tropical laurels.
Cryptocarya smaragdina, commonly known as Dina's laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a shrub with lance-shaped leaves, creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and spherical black drupes.
This species of Cryptocarya is restricted to the Atherton Tableland in north-east Queensland, between the Tinaroo Hills, the Lamb Range and Koombooloomba, where grows in rainforest between 50 and 1,200 m (160 and 3,940 ft) elevation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cryptocarya smaragdina 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.
