Corymbia aspera
species of plant
Corymbia aspera, commonly known as rough-leaved ghost gum, rough leaf range gum, is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has smooth white bark, sometimes with a short stocking of rough bark near the base, a crown of sessile juvenile, heart-shaped or egg-shaped leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped, barrel-shaped or cylindrical fruit.
Description
Corymbia aspera is a tree that typically grows to a height of 4 to 10 metres (13 to 33 ft), sometimes to 15 m (49 ft), and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth white, cream-coloured or grey bark, sometimes with flaky, tessellated bark at the base. The branchlets lack oil glands in the pith. Young plants and coppice regrowth have sessile, heart-shaped to egg-shaped leaves, 20–65 mm (0.79–2.56 in) long and 10–43 mm (0.39–1.69 in) wide arranged in opposite pairs. The crown consists of juvenile leaves that are sessile, the same shade of dull green to greyish on both sides, heart-shaped to egg-shaped, 15–68 mm (0.59–2.68 in) long and 7–35 mm (0.28–1.38 in) wide with the base stem-clasping or rounded. The flower buds are smooth, arranged in leaf axils on a branched peduncle up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long, each branch with seven buds on pedicels 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) long. Mature buds are oval to pear-shaped, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide with a shallow, flattened operculum. Flowering occurs from October to December and the flowers are white or creamy white.
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