Scientific Name: Cryptocarya laevigata

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  • Pronunciation:
    cryp-toe-CARE-ee-ah lev-ee-GAR-tah
  • Common Name:
    Red-fruited Laurel, Glossy Laurel
  • Derivation:
    Cryptocarya: Gr. cryptos -hidden, caryon - nut (refers to the enclosure of the hard seed by fleshy perianth.
  • Family:
    LAURACEAE
  • Flowers:
    white
  • Fruit:
    orange, red
  • Species List:
    Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, Hedges, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, BSDoonan, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage Park,
Identification Notes

Leaf: simple, alternate, very glossy, 3-veined.||

Landscaping Notes

Shade-loving. ||Indoor pot plant potential.||Described a s one of the best rainforest shrubsd with beautiful leaves, scented flowers and decorative fruit.|| Useful screen. Excellent tub specimen and also excellent as an indoor plant||Propagation is from seed, ripening from January to May, and germinating slowly. Cuttings are slow to strike but strike reliably fruiting in the fourth year.||It maintains bushiness even in heavy shade.||Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye|Successfully propagated by Mooloola Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||