| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark greyish-brown; blaze dull-yellow; young shoots glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves simple, 4-8 in a whorl, opposite or subopposite, estipulate; petiole 8-10 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 5.5-10 x 1.5-3 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute or cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-11 pairs, pinnate, prominent, flowers yellowish-green, in lateral and axillary umbellate fascicles; fruit a berry, 0.5 cm across. |