Lauraceae
Endiandra globosa Maiden & Betche
Endiandra globosa Maiden & Betche
Endiandra globosa Maiden & Betche is a Australian laurel tree that produces large, black tennis-ball-sized fleshy drupe fruits.
Lauraceae
Lauraceae
This is a description of the Lauraceae plant family, covering its morphology, distribution, uses, ecology, evolution, and threats.
Litsea leefeana (F.Muell.) Merr.
Litsea leefeana (F.Muell.) Merr.
Litsea leefeana, the brown bolly gum, is a small to medium rainforest tree endemic to tropical Queensland, Australia, suited to frost-free gardens.
Litsea australis B.Hyland
Litsea australis B.Hyland
Litsea australis B.Hyland is a small to medium Australian tree that provides food for native birds and butterflies.
Cryptocarya obovata R.Br.
Cryptocarya obovata R.Br.
Cryptocarya obovata (pepperberry) is a large Australian rainforest tree with bad-smelling creamy-green flowers and black spherical fruit.
Cryptocarya woodii Engl.
Cryptocarya woodii Engl.
Cryptocarya woodii, the Cape quince, is a shrub or small tree native to southern and eastern Africa, whose foliage feeds certain butterfly larvae.
Cryptocarya rigida Meisn.
Cryptocarya rigida Meisn.
Cryptocarya rigida is an Australian small tree or shrub found in eastern Australian rainforest edges, grown from seed in horticulture.
Cryptocarya sclerophylla B.Hyland
Cryptocarya sclerophylla B.Hyland
Cryptocarya sclerophylla is a small Australian rainforest tree with creamy green perfumed flowers and black drupe fruit.
Cryptocarya microneura Meisn.
Cryptocarya microneura Meisn.
Cryptocarya microneura Meisn. is an Australian tree of rainforests and wet forests from Queensland to New South Wales.
Cryptocarya glaucescens R.Br.
Cryptocarya glaucescens R.Br.
Cryptocarya glaucescens (jackwood) is an Australian rainforest tree eaten by rainforest birds including the topknot pigeon.
Cryptocarya foetida R.T.Baker
Cryptocarya foetida R.T.Baker
Cryptocarya foetida is a small to medium tree found in Australian littoral rainforest on old sand dunes.
Cryptocarya erythroxylon Maiden & Betche
Cryptocarya erythroxylon Maiden & Betche
Cryptocarya erythroxylon, or rose maple, is a buttressed rainforest tree found in eastern Australian coastal ranges.
Cryptocarya chinensis (Hance) Hemsl.
Cryptocarya chinensis (Hance) Hemsl.
Chinese cryptocarya (Cryptocarya chinensis) is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to East Asian subtropical forests.
Cryptocarya laevigata Blume
Cryptocarya laevigata Blume
Cryptocarya laevigata Blume is an Asian and Australasian laurel forest shrub or tree grown ornamentally for its glossy leaves and colored fruit.
Cryptocarya foveolata C.T.White & Francis
Cryptocarya foveolata C.T.White & Francis
Cryptocarya foveolata is a medium to large rainforest tree native to eastern Australia, growing at high elevations often with Antarctic beech.
Aiouea montana (Sw.) R.Rohde
Aiouea montana (Sw.) R.Rohde
Aiouea montana is a 30-meter-tall Lauraceae tree distributed from northern Mexico to southern Brazil.
Beilschmiedia obtusifolia (F.Muell. ex Meisn.) F.Muell.
Beilschmiedia obtusifolia (F.Muell. ex Meisn.) F.Muell.
Beilschmiedia obtusifolia is a medium to large Australian laurel tree that produces fleshy fruit eaten by many birds.
Beilschmiedia elliptica C.T.White & W.D.Francis
Beilschmiedia elliptica C.T.White & W.D.Francis
Beilschmiedia elliptica is a medium to large Australian laurel tree that produces fruit eaten by multiple bird species.
Beilschmiedia miersii (Gay) Kosterm.
Beilschmiedia miersii (Gay) Kosterm.
Beilschmiedia miersii is a tree native to Chile that is used ornamentally and for pig feed, and has been acclimatized in Spain.
Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees
Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees
Ocotea puberula is an evergreen tree in Lauraceae found across parts of the Americas.
Ocotea bullata (Burch. ex Nees) E.Mey.
Ocotea bullata (Burch. ex Nees) E.Mey.
Ocotea bullata is a protected overexploited evergreen tree native to South African forests, used for timber and traditional medicine.
Ocotea acutifolia (Nees) Mez
Ocotea acutifolia (Nees) Mez
Ocotea is a widespread genus of trees and shrubs with important ecological roles and multiple human uses.
Neolitsea australiensis Kosterm.
Neolitsea australiensis Kosterm.
Neolitsea australiensis is an Australian rainforest understory tree that can be hard to tell apart from two similar species.
Neolitsea parvigemma (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
Neolitsea parvigemma (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
Neolitsea parvigemma is an endemic Taiwanese laurel tree with biologically active antifungal and anti-inflammatory plant compounds.
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