Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Cryptocarya bamagana B.Hyland
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Leaves and inflorescences [not vouchered]. © G. Sankowsky
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Habit, flower, anther, staminode, gland, fruit, seedling. © CSIRO
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Scale bar 10mm. © CSIRO
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Cotyledon stage, hypogeal germination. © CSIRO
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10th leaf stage. © CSIRO
Family
Hyland, B.P.M. (1989) Australian Systematic Botany 2: 171. Type: Qld, Bamaga, B. Hyland 25037 RFK, 8.xii.1982; holo: QRS.
Common name
Bamaga Walnut; Walnut, Bamaga
Stem
Blaze odour resembling cinnamon.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Fruits globular, about 9-10 x 9.5-10 mm. Cotyledons white or cream.
Seedlings
First pair of leaves ovate, about 30-35 x 19-22 mm, glaucous on the underside. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade with a few scattered hairs on the midrib on the upper surface and petiole; underside of leaf blade glaucous to white; oil dots very small, visible with a lens. Seed germination time 42 to 56 days.
Distribution and Ecology
Natural History & Notes
Wood specific gravity 0.72. Hyland (1989).
RFK Code
809
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