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Cryptocarya williwilliana B.Hyland & A.G.Floyd
Family Lauraceae
Common name: Small-leaved Laurel

Cryptocarya williwilliana B.Hyland & A.G.Floyd APNI*

Synonyms: Cryptocarya sp. B sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*

Description: Shrub or small tree, often with coppice shoots at base.

Leaves ovate to broad-elliptic, 1.5–4 cm long, 5–20 mm wide, upper surface glossy, dark green and glabrous, lower surface sparsely hairy when young; secondary veins 2–5 pairs, reticulum finely areolate, distinct on dried specimens; petiole 1–4 mm long.

Racemes shorter than leaves. Flowers ca 2 mm long, white, silky.

Fruit ± globose, 9–11 mm diam., black when ripe; ripe Feb.-Apr.


Other photo
Photo T.M. Tame

Herbarium
Sheet

Distribution and occurrence: Confined to dry rainforest on limestone in Macleay R. valley, from 250-800 m alt.; rare.
NSW subdivisions: NC
AVH map***

Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)


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