Cryptocarya foetida is a rainforest tree growing at the eastern coastal parts of Australia. The common name is due to the allegedly offensive odour given by the flowers. The stinking cryptocarya or stinking laurel is considered vulnerable to extinction with a ROTAP rating of 3VC.
Cryptocarya foetida is a small or medium-sized tree up to 20 metres tall and 20 cm in diameter with a dark green crown.
The trunk is greyish brown, slightly fissured, cylindrical, not buttressed but slightly flanged at the base.
Leaves are typical of many Australianlaurels. Alternate, simple, not toothed, ovate to ovate lanceolate, smooth, thick and shiny with a transparent margin, tapering to a blunt point. 8 to 13 cm long by 4 to 5 cm broad. The yellowish venation is conspicuous, particularly on the underside.
Cream flowers appear in summer. The fruit matures in winter, being purplish/black globular drupe, around 8 to 10 mm in diameter. Like most Australian Cryptocarya fruit, removal of the fleshy aril is advised to assist seed germination.
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Cryptocarya foetida - leaves
Cryptocarya foetida - flowers & leaves
Cryptocarya foetida - flowers & leaves
Referencesedit
^Cryptocarya foetida — Stinking Cryptocarya, Stinking Laurel, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia.
R.T.Baker. "New South Wales Flora Online: Cryptocarya foetida". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
"Cryptocarya foetida R.T.Baker". Atlas of Living Australia.
January 01, 1970
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