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Cinnamomum oliveri F.M.Bailey

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Cinnamomum

Characteristics

Tree to 25 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs terete, glabrous. Leaves opposite; petiole 4–13 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 8.5–17 cm long, 2–5.2 cm wide, green or glaucous below, glabrous. Inflorescence usually exceeding leaves. Flowers opening widely, with tepals becoming ± horizontal, ?cream, perfumed. Tepals 3–4.1 mm long, 2.2–2.3 mm wide, tomentose abaxially, ± sericeous adaxially. Outer anthers 1.3–1.4 mm long, c. 0.9 mm wide, mainly glabrous; filaments 1.2–2.2 mm long. Inner anthers 1.1–1.4 mm long, 0.8–0.9 mm wide, mainly glabrous; filaments 1.2–2.9 mm long. Ovary 1.3–1.5 mm long, 0.9–1 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous; stigma funnel-shaped. Fruit carpel ellipsoidal, c. 18 mm long, 14 mm wide, black, blue-black; cup apex entire. Cotyledons cream.
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A large bushy tree. It grows 15-30 m tall. It can spread 5-12 m wide. The leaves are narrow and sword shaped. They are shiny green on top and paler or bluish underneath. They are 7-18 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The leaves are wavy along the edge. New growth is red. The flowers are cream or white. They are like tubes and softly hairy. They are about 0.5 cm long. They occur in panicles at the ends of stems. The fruit is oval and 0.8 cm long. The calyx is fleshy.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 5.0 - 12.0
Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 22.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in warm temperate to tropical climates. It grows in the rainforests in Queensland and New South Wales. It requires well-drained soil and plenty of moisture. It does best in light shade. In tropical Queensland it grows from sea level to 1100 m altitude.
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Found in both low and higher altitude subtropical and warm-temperate rainforest in New South Wales. Moist rainforests, often in poorer soils and usually close to streams in drier areas, at elevations from sea level to 1,100 metres.
Found in both low and higher altitude subtropical and warm-temperate rainforest in New South Wales. Moist rainforests, often in poorer soils and usually close to streams in drier areas, at elevations from sea level to 1,100 metres.
Grows in rainforests in soils derived from a variety of rock types; from sea level to 1000 m alt.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The bark is used as a spice.
Uses essential oil material medicinal spice timber
Edible barks
Therapeutic use Stimulant (unspecified)
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Cultivation

It can be grown from seed which must be sown fresh. The fruit are first soaked and the flesh removed before planting the seed. They germinate in 24-40 days.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Cinnamomum oliveri world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Cinnamomum oliveri threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:463586-1
WFO ID wfo-0000605287
COL ID 5Z7C7
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Synonyms

Cinnamomum oliveri
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