Endiandra
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Endiandra is a genus
Genus
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 of approximately 100 species of plants, mainly tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...

s in the laurel family Lauraceae
Lauraceae
The Lauraceae or Laurel family comprises a group of flowering plants included in the order Laurales. The family contains about 55 genera and over 3500, perhaps as many as 4000, species world-wide, mostly from warm or tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America...

. They have a broad distribution across South East Asia
Asia
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, Australia
Australia
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 and into the western Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
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In Australia, they are often used as screen trees due to the thick foliage of a number of their species. Quite a few of the Australian species are rare, such as Endiandra globosa
Endiandra globosa
Endiandra globosa is a medium sized Australian rainforest tree. Despite the common name of Black Walnut, this tree is unrelated to northern hemisphere walnuts, and is a Laurel.The Black Walnut is restricted to riverine rainforest...

, Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata, is a rare rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. Listed as endangered by extinction.It is a sub species of the tree known as Green-leaved Rose Walnut, or Mueller's Walnut, Endiandra muelleri...

 and Endiandra floydii
Endiandra floydii
Endiandra floydii is a small sized rainforest tree. Despite the common name of Crystal Creek Walnut, this tree is unrelated to northern hemisphere walnuts, and is a Laurel...

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Selected species

  • Endiandra compressa
    Endiandra compressa
    Endiandra compressa, the White Bark is a rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. The habitat is rainforest growing near streams in valleys. The range of natural distribution is from the Nambucca River, New South Wales to Iron Range National Park, in north Queensland.- Description :A tree...

     - New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

     & Queensland
    Queensland
    Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

    , Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

  • Endiandra discolor
    Endiandra discolor
    Endiandra discolor is an Australian tree, growing from near Gosford, New South Wales to Tully, Queensland in the tropics. Common names include Rose Walnut and Domatia Tree....

     - New South Wales & Queensland, Australia
  • Endiandra floydii
    Endiandra floydii
    Endiandra floydii is a small sized rainforest tree. Despite the common name of Crystal Creek Walnut, this tree is unrelated to northern hemisphere walnuts, and is a Laurel...

     - New South Wales & Queensland, Australia
  • Endiandra globosa
    Endiandra globosa
    Endiandra globosa is a medium sized Australian rainforest tree. Despite the common name of Black Walnut, this tree is unrelated to northern hemisphere walnuts, and is a Laurel.The Black Walnut is restricted to riverine rainforest...

     - New South Wales & Queensland, Australia
  • Endiandra hayesii
    Endiandra hayesii
    Endiandra hayesii is an Australian rainforest tree. Despite the common name of Rusty Rose Walnut, this tree is unrelated to northern hemisphere walnuts, and is a laurel. The former habitat is lowland sub tropical rainforest, most of which has been cleared...

     - New South Wales & Queensland, Australia
  • Endiandra introrsa
    Endiandra introrsa
    Endiandra introrsa, is a rare rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. Listed with a Rare or Threatened Australian Plants rating of 3RCa...

     - New South Wales & Queensland, Australia
  • Endiandra muelleri
    Endiandra muelleri
    Endiandra muelleri is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Its habitat is in warm temperate rainforests on poorer soils. Distributed from the Allyn River in the Barrington Tops region in the south to Kroombit Tops to the north in central Queensland....

     - New South Wales & Queensland, Australia
  • Endiandra pubens
    Endiandra pubens
    Endiandra pubens is a rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. The habitat is subtropical rainforest growing near streams in valleys...

     - New South Wales & Queensland, Australia
  • Endiandra sieberi
    Endiandra sieberi
    Endiandra sieberi, known as the Corkwood is a rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia.- Habitat :A common tree on lowland and some mountain rainforests. Very common on sand in littoral rainforests. The corky bark assists in protection from fire...

     - New South Wales & Queensland, Australia
  • Endiandra virens
    Endiandra virens
    Endiandra virens is an Australian tree in the laurel family. Growing from Boorganna Nature Reserve north west of Taree, New South Wales to Kin Kin in Southern Queensland. Common names include White Apple and Plumwood....

    - New South Wales & Queensland, Australia
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