Cryptocarya sclerophylla, commonly known as totempole, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree or shrub with elliptic leaves, creamy green, perfumed flowers, and spherical or elliptic black drupes.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hard Cryptocarya 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 bidwillii
- Cryptocarya macdonaldii
- Cryptocarya glaucescens
- Litsea reticulata
- Beilschmiedia elliptica
- Guilfoylia monostylis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Cryptocarya
- Species
- Cryptocarya sclerophylla
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