Apple gum | |
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Illustration from Ferdinand von Mueller's Eucalyptographia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Corymbia |
Species: | C. clavigera
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Binomial name | |
Corymbia clavigera | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Corymbia clavigera, commonly known as apple gum or cabbage gum,[2] is a species of tree that is endemic to a small area in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. It has smooth, pale grey and white bark, lance-shaped or elliptical adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white flowers and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.