Английская Википедия:Cryptocarya nova-anglica

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Cryptocarya nova-anglica, the mountain laurel, is a rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. The habitat is a restricted distribution in cool temperate rainforest mostly over Шаблон:Convert in altitude. The range of natural distribution is from the upper Hastings River to near the border of the state of Queensland. It is an understorey tree, associated with the Antarctic beech, possumwood, golden sassafras and black olive berry trees.

The specific epithet "nova-anglica" refers to the occurrence of this plant growing at New England National Park where it is most easily seen.

Description

A small to medium-sized tree, occasionally reaching Шаблон:Convert tall and a trunk diameter of Шаблон:Convert.[1] The base of the tree is not buttressed. The trunk is brown with some wrinkles and fissures. Small branches are fairly thick, orange or yellow and smooth. Buds covered in downy hairs.

Leaves are simple, alternate on the stem. Ovate-lanceolate in shape, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide[2] with a long drawn out tip. Shiny dark green above, and dull grey below. The cream midrib is depressed above the leaf and raised below. Leaf veins are straight, not curved from the midrib. Leaf stalks around Шаблон:Convert long.

Flowers, fruit & regeneration

Small creamy green flowers form in the months of December to January. The panicles or racemes are tiny, around Шаблон:Convert long, appearing from the leaf axils.

Fruit matures in March to April, taking some fifteen months to mature. It's a black drupe with a pointed tip, around Шаблон:Convert in diameter. Fairly round or pear shaped. Like many Cryptocarya fruit, the seed can be ribbed, but not with all seeds with this species. Removal of the flesh should be undertaken before planting the seed.

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