About Neolitsea australiensis Kosterm.
Neolitsea australiensis Kosterm. most commonly grows 6 to 15 meters tall, with a stem diameter of up to 25 centimeters. Exceptional specimens growing at Murray Scrub reach 40 meters in height, with a trunk diameter of 50 centimeters. Its trunk is cylindrical, and bears smooth, dark brown bark. This species is an understory tree native to rainforests of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia, where it occurs from Ourimbah in New South Wales northward to the area near Maryborough, Queensland. It most often grows on more fertile alluvial or volcanic soils. In field identification, it may be hard to distinguish Neolitsea australiensis from the similar species Cryptocarya rigida and Neolitsea dealbata.
