Cryptocarya macdonaldii, commonly known as McDonald's laurel, McDonald's cryptocarya or Cooloola laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to Central Queensland. It is a tree with elliptic to egg-shaped to oblong leaves, cream-coloured, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and elliptical black drupes.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of MaDonald's laurel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cryptocarya sclerophylla
- Cryptocarya glaucescens
- Beilschmiedia elliptica
- Cryptocarya erythroxylon
- Endiandra mulleri
- Endiandra discolor
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Cryptocarya
- Species
- Cryptocarya macdonaldii
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