Plant Details

Scientific Name: Cryptocarya triplinervis
  • Pronunciation: cryp-toe-CARE-ee-ah trip-lah-NERV-is
  • Common Name: Three-veined Cryptocarya
  • Derivation: Cryptocarya: Gr. cryptos -hidden, caryon - Nut (refers to the enclosure of the hard Seed by fleshy Perianth.
  • Type: Tree
  • Family: LAURACEAE
  • Size: 20 metres
  • Flowers: Yellowish-green October to January
  • Fruit: Black glossy Ovoid Drupe to 12 mm long
  • Vegetation Type: Sub-tropical and Dry Rainforests and common along scrubby watercourses,
  • Species List: Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, BSDoonan, Batianoff 87, Dandaloo, Kin Kin Arboretum, Regional Ecosystem 12.3.1.

Identification Notes

Densely growing. Branchlet ends hairy. Obvious three-veined at base above. A few hairy Domatia in vein angles. Oil dots minute

Landscaping Notes

Fire retardant Species.

Successfully propagated by Mooloola Native Nursery
Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host Plant: Blue laurel. 

  • Cryptocarya triplinervis
  • Cryptocarya triplinervis
  • Cryptocarya triplinervis
  • Cryptocarya triplinervis
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