Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
![Print Fact Sheet](fs_images/print.png)
Eupomatia laurina
Bolwarra, Copper laurel
Eupomatiaceae
Forest and near streams. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.
Shrub or tree to 15 m high. Fruit fleshy, edible. Bark brown, somewhat corky and scaly with shallow longitudinal furrows. Branchlets brown or black, hairless. Leaves with a spicy smell when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 5–15.5 cm long, 20–58 mm wide, hairless, upper surface shiny. Sometimes with a coppery tinge (particularly on new growth). Flowers scented, white to cream, 20-25 mm in diameter, with many 'petals'. Flowers single or in clusters of 2-3. Flowering: chiefly summer. Fruit green turning brownish, 15-25 mm in diameter.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET descrfiption: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eupomatia~laurina (accessed 22 January, 2021)
This identification key and fact sheets are available as a free mobile application: