This endemic species has beautiful golf ball sized fruits with a blazing scarlet colour and is very deserving of cultivation.
The leaves are somewhat thick-textured and bears strong similarity to Endiandra leptodendron, but are hairy on the underside. The species is thus aptly named the Hairy Walnut or Rusty Walnut.
Leaf underside. The “rusty” hairs can be discerned from the rusty colour, especially around the veins.
Upper side of leaf
About David Tng
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David Tng, a hedonistic botanizer who pursues plants with a fervour. I chase the opportunity to delve into various aspects of the study of plants. I have spent untold hours staring at mosses and allied plants, taking picture of pollen, culturing orchids in clean cabinets, counting tree rings, monitoring plant flowering times, etc. I am currently engrossed in the study of plant ecology (a grand excuse to see 'anything I can). Sometimes I think of myself as a shadow taxonomist, a sentimental ecologist, and a spiritual environmentalist - but at the very root of it all, a "plant whisperer"!
Leaf Whispering in the Tropics 