Scientific Name: Cryptocarya glaucescens

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  • Pronunciation:
    crypt-oh-CARE-ee-ah glaw-KESS-ens
  • Common Name:
    Jackwood
  • Derivation:
    Cryptocarya: Gr. cryptos -hidden, caryon - nut (refers to the enclosure of the hard seed by fleshy perianth.
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    LAURACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Creamish green October to December
  • Fruit:
    Black glossy round drupe 12-18 mm dia
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest, sub-tropical and dry rainforests and on margins,
  • Species List:
    Kin Kin Arboretum, FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wallace Park, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Fraser Island, Mill Point, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, NNP Tanglewood, Kin Kin Scrub, Stratford Park, Heritage Park, RE 12.1l.2.
Identification Notes

Branchlets: hairy when young. Twigs yellowish. ||Terminal bud: hairy. ||Leaf: Midrib and petiole yellowish, simple, alternate, oil dots, blotchy waxy bloom on under surface.||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Orchard swallowtail.||Food source for fruit pigeons.||

Landscaping Notes

Shade-loving. Dry sites. Noosa Council Preferred Species list. ||Ideal specimen tree for parks and large gardens.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloola Native Nursery|Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare|| Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||