Kingdom Plantae Family Myrtaceae Rank Species | Order Myrtales Genus Corymbia | |
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Corymbia aspera, commonly known as the Rough-leaved ghost gum or Rough leaf range gum, is a bloodwood native to northern Australia.
The tree typically grows to a height of 4 to 10 metres (13 to 33 ft) but can grow to 15 m (49 ft). It often forms a lignotuber and has smooth creamy white to flaky tessellated bark at the base. The branchlets lack oil glands in the pith. The leaves in the crown are opposite and sessile with a length of 1.5 to 6.8 centimetres (0.6 to 2.7 in) and width of 0.7 to 3.5 cm (0.3 to 1.4 in). It blooms from October to November and produces white flowers.
It's range extends from the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia extending east through through the Roper and McArthur River catchments in the Northern Territory and into Queensland as far east as the Selwyn Range to the south east of Cloncurry.