| Cryptocarya melanocarpa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cryptocarya |
| Species: | C. melanocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocarya melanocarpa | |
Cryptocarya melanocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with elliptic to oblong to lance-shaped leaves, creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and spherical black drupes.
Cryptocarya melanocarpa is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 20 m (66 ft), its stems sometimes buttressed. Its leaves are hairy, glaucous, elliptic to oblong to lance-shaped, 65–135 mm (2.6–5.3 in) long and 20–55 mm (0.8–2.2 in) wide, on a petiole 8–16 mm (0.31–0.63 in) long. The flowers are arranged in panicles mainly in leaf axils or on the ends of branches and are usually shorter than the leaves. They are creamy-green and unpleasantly perfumed. The perianth tube is 1.0–1.1 mm (0.04–0.04 in) long and 1.0–1.4 mm (0.039–0.055 in) wide. The outer anthers are 0.5–0.7 mm (0.02–0.03 in) long, 0.4–0.5 mm (0.016–0.020 in) wide and glabrous, the inner anthers 0.5–0.8 mm (0.02–0.03 in) long and about 0.4 mm (0.02 in) wide. Flowering occurs from January to March, and the fruit is a spherical or flattened spherical, black drupe, about 8–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long and 9.0–10.5 mm (0.35–0.41 in) wide with white or sometimes cream coloured cotyledons. [2] [3]
Cryptocarya melanocarpa was first formally described in 1989 by Bernard Hyland in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens he collected near the Gillies Highway in 1983. [4] The specific epithet (melanocarpa) means 'black-fruited'. [5]
Cryptocarya melanocarpa grows in rainforest at altitudes between 700 and 1,100 m (2,300 and 3,600 ft) between the Windsor Tableland and Millaa Millaa in north Queensland. [2]
This Cryptocarya species is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [6]
Cryptocarya laevigata, commonly known as red-fruited laurel, glossy laurel or grey sassafras, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is native to Malesia, New Guinea and eastern Australia. It is a shrub or tree with lance-shaped to elliptic leaves, creamy white, pale green and perfumed flowers, and more or less spherical, red to orange-yellow drupes.
Cryptocarya bidwillii, commonly known as yellow laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to eastern Australia. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers creamy-white and tube-shaped, and the fruit an elliptic black drupe.
Cryptocarya corrugata, commonly known as corduroy laurel, oak walnut, acidwood or bull's breath, is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, the flowers creamy-green, slightly perfumed and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black to bluish-black drupe.
Cryptocarya mackinnoniana commonly known as Mackinnons laurel, Mackinnons walnut, rusty laurel, rusty leaved laurel, rusty leaved walnut or koonjoongaroo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with oblong to narrowly elliptic to oval leaves, creamy green and pale brown, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and elliptic black drupes.
Cryptocarya cunninghamii, commonly known as Cunningham's laurel or coconut laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a tree with oblong to elliptic leaves, the flowers creamy-green and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black to purplish-blackdrupe.
Cryptocarya angulata, commonly known as ivory laurel, ivory walnut, bull's breath or acidwood, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland, Australia. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic or egg-shaped, the flowers tube-shaped and creamy-green and the fruit a bluish or black drupe.
Cryptocarya bamagana, commonly known as Bamaga walnut, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to Cape York Peninsula. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic or egg-shaped, the flowers cream-coloured and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black drupe.
Cryptocarya bellendenkerana is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to North Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, the flowers creamy-green and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black drupe.
Cryptocarya burckiana is a tree in the laurel family and is native to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and to Malesia. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers cream-coloured and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black drupe.
Cryptocarya clarksoniana, commonly known as Clarkson's laurel, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers creamy-green and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black drupe.
Cryptocarya claudiana, commonly known as Claudie laurel, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. Its leaves are oblong to elliptic, the flowers creamy-green, perfumed and tube-shaped, and the fruit an elliptic or spherical black drupe.
Cryptocarya cocosoides, commonly known as coconut laurel, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers creamy-green, perfumed and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black to purple drupe.
Cryptocarya dorrigoensis, commonly known as Dorrigo laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is native to northern New South Wales. It is a tree with lance-shaped leaves, the flowers greenish-cream to creamy-yellow but not perfumed, and the fruit is a spherical to elliptic, black to bluish-black drupe.
Cryptocarya endiandrifolia, commonly known as narrow-leaved walnut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae family and is native to Cape York Peninsula and New Guinea. Its leaves are elliptic to oblong or lance-shaped, the flowers cream-coloured or pale green and unpleasantly perfumed, and the fruit is a spherical to elliptic black drupe.
Cryptocarya exfoliata is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae family and is native to Cape York Peninsula the Northern Territory and New Guinea. Its leaves are lance-shaped, the flowers creamy-green and slightly perfumed, and the fruit is a spherical to elliptic black drupe.
Cryptocarya grandis, commonly known as cinnamon laurel or white laurel, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers creamy-green, unpleasantly perfumed and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical drupe.
Cryptocarya hypospodia, commonly known as northern laurel, white walnut, rib fruited pepperberry or north queensland purple laurel, is species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is native to northern Australia and New Guinea. It is a tree with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, pale brown and creamy-green flowers, and spherical black drupes.
Cryptocarya leucophylla, commonly known as northern laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and elliptic to more or less spherical, black drupes.
Cryptocarya lividula, commonly known as blue laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves, creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and more or less spherical, purplish-black drupes.
Cryptocarya macdonaldii, commonly known as McDonald's laurel, McDonald's cryptocarya or Cooloola laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to Central Queensland. It is a tree with elliptic to egg-shaped to oblong leaves, cream-coloured, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and elliptical black drupes.