CORYNOCARPACEAE

CORYNOPCARPUS FAMILY

 

Dicot; 1 genus, Corynocarpus, of 4 species of evergreen trees, native to the New Hebrides, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, without stipules; fls. bisexual, regular in terminal panicles, sepals 5, petals 5, stamens 5, alternating with 5 staminodes, pistil 1, ovary superior, 1-2 celled, styles 1 or 2; fr. a drupe. (Bailey, Hortus Third 318).

Upper Newport Bay species within the family:

Corynocarpus laevigata.