Kingdom Plantae Family Myrtaceae Rank Species | Order Myrtales Genus Corymbia | |
Corymbia oocarpa is a member of the Corymbia genus native to the Northern Territory.
The tree typically grow to a height of 15 metres (49 ft) and froms a lignotuber. It has rough grey to orange-brown that is lightly tessellated towards the base of the trunk and then becoming smooth with a grey and cream colour further up the tree. The adult leaves are alternate, concolorous or slightly discolorous, glossy and green. The leaf blade has a lanceolate to falcate shape that is 10 to 22 centimetres (3.9 to 8.7 in) long and 0.9 to 2.7 cm (0.4 to 1.1 in) wide, base tapering to petiole and a pointed apex. The petioles are 0.8 to 2.6 cm (0.31 to 1.02 in) long.
It forms a terminal compound conflorescence in March with regular seven flowered umbellasters on terete peduncles and pedicels. The flowers are white or cream in colour. It will later form globose to urceolate fruits between March and October that are 9 to 13 millimetres (0.35 to 0.51 in) long.
The range of the tree is confined to an area in the top end of the Northern Territory, extending from coastal area near Mudginberry south through Pine Creek, the Arnhem Plateau to Katherine Gorge. It grows in well developed sandy soils over sandstone.