Scientific Name: Cryptocarya foetida

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  • Pronunciation:
    cryp-toe-CARE-ee-ah fet-EED-ah
  • Common Name:
    Stinking Cryptocarya
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    LAURACEAE
  • Status:
    VULNERABLE
  • Flowers:
    Cream in short panicles, from leaf axils or terminal. February. Foul-smelling.
  • Fruit:
    Black to 14mm diameter
  • Flowers Color:
    White
  • Fruit Color:
    Black
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest in coastal areas
  • Species List:
    Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, Viridian Track, Regional Ecosystem 12.2.1
Identification Notes

Leaves simple, alternate, margins transparent. Blade rather thickish and smooth, glossy green above, paler below. Branches and terminal buds hairy, domatia absent.; midrib sometimes rather zigzag and creamish/yellow, coarse net venation prominent below; petiole grooved, 5-8 mm long.