Cryptocarya cercophylla

Cryptocarya cercophylla is a small, poorly-formed tree that typically grows to a height of , sometimes with coppice shoots at the base, its stems not buttressed. Its leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are usually arranged in racemes of 4 to 7, long and are not fragrant. The tepals are creamy-green or cream-coloured, the outer tepals long and wide, the inner tepals long and wide. Flowering has been observed in July and from October to December, and the fruit is a red to shiny black, elliptic or egg-shaped drupe long and wide. ==Taxonomy==

Cryptocarya cercophylla was first formally described in 2013 by Wendy Elizabeth Cooper in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens collected near Mount Bartle Frere. The specific epithet (cercophylla) means 'tail-leaf', referring to the tail-like tip of the leaf. ==Distribution and habitat==

This species of Cryptocarya grows as an understorey tree in high rainfall rainforest in Wooroonooran National Park in the Wet Tropics bioregion or north-eastern Queensland. ==References==