Cryptocarya chinensis, commonly known as the Chinese cryptocarya, is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to the subtropical forests of Taiwan, southern China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan), Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, and Vietnam.
The species was first described as Beilschmiedia chinensis by Henry Fletcher Hance in 1882. In 1891 William Hemsley placed the species in genus Cryptocarya as C. chinensis.
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