Botanical name         Cryptocarya obovata

A common name       Pepperberry

Seedling

Not yet

Young plant

This young Cryptocarya obovata has started to get a move on after a tall Alphitonia excelsa came crashing down from the other side of the gully, taking out the Privett I had not removed.

There have been a number of other benficiaries on both sides of the gully.  The Alpitonia excelsa is resprouting at various locations along its' length, it is not dead.

Juvenile

I used to wander past this Pepperberry for a few years, not knowing what it was, then one day I took a specimen back to the house.  One of the easier identifications.

The light area behind is a result of the fallen Alphitonia excelsa.






















The leaf vein structure and the pointed apex on these juvenile leaves are quite distinctive.
























The way the leaf attaches to petiole (stem) is quite distinctive, just here =>

It attaches from the underside and the main leaf veins are visible on the upper side.

The leaves must have a modest degree of yumminess...

Reasonably mature

I found the quite mature parent tree (or or one of them) a little while ago, I just happened to look up at the right time, very obviously a Pepperberry, must wander down that gulley again with the camera.

The previous comment was from a few years ago, a year or so ago I've started clearing a heavily privetted section of this gulley, near the bottom and I found a few more young Peppeberrys, among other seedlings, they will be appreciating the extra light.