Endiandra floydii 

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Basal Angiosperms > Magnoliids  >  aurales > Lauraceae > Endiandra floydii

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Plant  information

Common name:                Crystal Creek walnut   

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Conservation status:  Endangered

• Considered endangered, with a ROTAP rating of 2E

Etymology:   

• It is unrelated to northern-hemisphere walnuts, and is a laurel

• It is named after the Australian botanist, Alexander Floyd

Flowers:                  

• Small creamy green flowers form in autumn

Fruit:                         

• The large fruit matures in summer, the size of an apple or a pear

• Being red to purplish black when ripe

• Germination is not particularly slow and quite reliable

Leaves:         

• Leaves are elliptic to narrow-elliptic, 5–15 cm long, 2–5 cm wide.

• New leaves are pinkish brown

Stem & branches: 

• A small tree, often with coppice shoots at the base

• The bark is pale to dark grey

Roots:         

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Habit:        

•  A small-sized rainforest tree

Habitat:   

• It grows in rainforest, and  is also found as an understorey plant in brush box ecotone areas

• On moderately steep slopes no higher than 430 m above sea level

• It is restricted to paleozoic metamorphics but with overlying basalt soils 

Distribution:                  

• The Mount Warning area of NSW, and a couple of adjacent areas in Queensland

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