Corymbia grandifolia
species of plant
Corymbia grandifolia, commonly known as cabbage gum, large-leaved cabbage gum and paper-fruited bloodwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has smooth bark, egg-shaped to broadly elliptic to lance-shaped adult leaves, flowers buds in groups of three or seven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped to cylindrical fruit.
Description
Corymbia grandifolia is a tree that typically grows to a height of 3–15 m (9.8–49.2 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth white to pale grey bark that is shed in thin flakes. Young plants and coppice regrowth have egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped leaves that are 130–170 mm (5.1–6.7 in) long, 110–140 mm (4.3–5.5 in) wide and petiolate. Adult leaves are the same shade of glossy green on both sides, egg-shaped to broadly elliptic to lance-shaped, 80–200 mm (3.1–7.9 in) long and 30–85 mm (1.2–3.3 in) wide on a petiole 5–16 mm (0.20–0.63 in) long. The tree loses its leaves in the dry season. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils on the leafless branchlets, on a branched peduncle up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long, each branch of the peduncle with three or seven buds on pedicels 8–27 mm (0.31–1.06 in) long. Mature buds are pear-shaped, 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long and 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) wide with a rounded operculum that sometimes has a central point or knob. Flowering occurs from September to January and the flowers are creamy white.
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