Scientific Name: Cryptocarya foetida

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  • Pronunciation:
    cryp-toe-CARE-ee-ah fet-EED-ah
  • Common Name:
    Stinking Cryptocarya
  • Derivation:
    Cryptocarya: Gr. cryptos -hidden, caryon - nut (refers to the enclosure of the hard seed by fleshy perianth.
  • Type:
    Tree/shrub
  • Family:
    LAURACEAE
  • Status:
    VULNERABLE
  • Flowers:
    cream in short panicles, from leaf axils or terminal. February. Foul-smelling.
  • Fruit:
    Drupe, blackish, globular 10-14 mm dia. Seed one globular. February.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical rainforest
  • 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.

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||