Cryptocarya clarksoniana

Cryptocarya clarksoniana, commonly known as Clarkson's laurel, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers creamy-green and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black drupe.

Description
Cryptocarya clarksoniana is a tree that typically grows to a height of 19 m, its stems not buttressed. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, 55–150 mm long and 20–50 mm wide on a petiole 5–10 mm long. The flowers are usually arranged in panicles shorter than the leaves and are perfumed. The tepals are 1.1–1.5 mm long and 1.1–1.4 mm wide, the outer anthers 0.5–0.6 mm long and wide, the inner anthers 0.6-0.7 mm long and 0.4–0.5 mm wide. Flowering occurs from December to March, and the fruit is a spherical or elliptic black drupe 14–15 mm long and 11–13 mm wide.

Taxonomy
Cryptocarya clarksoniana was first formally described in 1989 by Bernard Hyland in Australian Systematic Botany.

Distribution and habitat
This species of Cryptocarya grows in rainforest rich in Agathis robusta in soils derived from granite, at altitudes from sea level to 1100 m. It is found from the Big Tableland south of Cooktown to Goldsborough in north-eastern Queensland.