Cryptocarya obovata

Cryptocarya obovata
At the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cryptocarya
Species:
C. obovata
Binomial name
Cryptocarya obovata

Cryptocarya obovata, commonly known as pepperberry, white walnut, long tom, she beech or purple laurel,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a rainforest tree with oblong to egg-shaped leaves, the flowers creamy-green, tube-shaped and unpleasantly perfumed, and the fruit a spherical drupe with white or cream-coloured cotyledons.

  1. ^ "Cryptocarya obovata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ^ Le Cussan, J.; Hyland, Bernard P.M. "Cryptocarya obovata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 23 September 2024.