The Red Fruited Laurels were fruiting magnificently at the Cairns Botanical Gardens and I couldn’t resist taking a few snaps, well, more than a few.
Many of the Cryptocaryas appear to have this tri-nerved type leaves. But then again so do many species of Cinnamomums. Ultimately this species is most easily recognized when it is fruiting.
About David Tng
I am
David Tng, a hedonistic botanizer who pursues plants with a fervour. I chase the opportunity to delve into various aspects of the study of plants. I have spent untold hours staring at mosses and allied plants, taking picture of pollen, culturing orchids in clean cabinets, counting tree rings, monitoring plant flowering times, etc. I am currently engrossed in the study of plant ecology (a grand excuse to see 'anything I can). Sometimes I think of myself as a shadow taxonomist, a sentimental ecologist, and a spiritual environmentalist - but at the very root of it all, a "plant whisperer"!
Leaf Whispering in the Tropics 