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Central QLD Coast Landcare Network
Local Plants Database
Local Wildlife Database
Clarkson’s Bloodwood
Corymbia clarksonia, Fam. Myrtaceae
Tree to 25m high.
Form or habit:
Tree,Eucalypt or gum tree
Latex:
Myrtaceae
Leaf:
Simple Alternate
Leaves lanceolate and pendulous, grey-green.
Flower conspicuous:
Conspicuous
Flower colour:
White
Flower description:
Terminal panicles, flower buds ovate, buds have a cap, flowers from March to July.
Fruit conspicuous:
Conspicuous
Fruit colour:
Pale green maturing to brown
Fruit:
Dry
Fruit description:
Woody, cylindrical capsules, 2 x 1.5cm.
Habitat:
Beach Scrub/Littoral Rainforest
Distribution
Queensland and New South Wales
Food source for:
New growth eaten by the golden shouldered parrot.
Toxicity:
No toxicity known
Origin:
Australia
Weed:
No
Weed status:
Notes:
Information sources:
Melzer R. & Plumb J. (2007) Plants of Capricornia.
