Karaka nut
Corynocarpus laevigatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- 8.0 m
Corynocarpaceae
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsWikipedia lists it as toxic to dogs (25 Oct 2026)
PeopleWikipedia lists it as very poisonous (seeds) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- New ZealandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
- Height
- 14 m to 16 mRead from Wikipedia and Plants for a Future, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Wikipedia 15–20 m; Plants for a Future 12–12 m
- Spread
- 8.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Corynocarpus laevigatus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.