Cryptocarya obovata
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Cream
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Year naturalised
1998
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Other information
Etymology
obovata: From the Latin prefix ob- (‘reverse’) and the adjective ovatus ‘egg-shaped’. Thus obovatus means ‘reverse egg-shaped, i.e. the broadest part above the middle’.