Stenocarpus cryptocarpus
Stenocarpus cryptocarpus, commonly known as the giant-leaved stenocarpus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with buttress roots at the base, simple, mostly elliptical adult leaves, groups of cream-coloured flowers and narrow oblong follicles.
Description
Stenocarpus cryptocarpus is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to, with a dbh of up to. It is a canopy tree and has buttress roots at the base. The leaves of young plants are bipinnate, up to long on a petiole long. Adult leaves are simple, elliptic, more or less oblong or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and long on a petiole long.The leaves are glossy green and covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs when young. The flower groups are arranged in leaf axils near the ends of branches with up to 20 flowers on a peduncle long. The individual flowers are cream-coloured, strongly perfumed and long, each flower on a pedicel long. Flowering occurs from December to April and the fruit is a narrow oblong follicle up to long.