Cryptocarya mackinnoniana commonly known as Mackinnons laurel, Mackinnons walnut, rusty laurel, rusty leaved laurel, rusty leaved walnut or koonjoongaroo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with oblong to narrowly elliptic to oval leaves, creamy green and pale brown, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and elliptic black drupes.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cryptocarya mackinnoniana 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
- Litsea floribunda
- Sloanea berteroana
- Litsea leefeana
- Nectandra reticulata
- Aporosa benthamiana
- Fissistigma glaucescens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Cryptocarya
- Species
- Cryptocarya mackinnoniana
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