Cryptocarya turbinata

Cryptocarya turbinata is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family, Lauraceae. It is a tree native to Fiji, Niue, the Samoan Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.^[1]

Cryptocarya turbinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Cryptocarya
Species:	C. turbinata
Binomial name
Cryptocarya turbinata Gillespie (1931)
Synonyms[1]
Cryptocarya glaucescens var. pacifica Burkill (1901)

In Tonga it is a common canopy tree in lowland tropical rain forest below 500 meters elevation.^[2]