Genus Eucryphia Rank Species | ||
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Similar Eucryphia, Eucryphia milliganii, Doryphora sassafras, Elaeocarpus holopetalus, Ceratopetalum apetalum | ||
2013 01 15 2 plumwood eucryphia moorei on the homeward leg
Eucryphia moorei, commonly known as pinkwood, plumwood, or eastern leatherwood is a tree found in southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs just over the border at the Howe Range in Victoria. Pinkwood is the dominant tree species of cool-temperate rainforests of southeastern NSW. Young plants often grow as hemiepiphytes.
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- 2013 01 15 2 plumwood eucryphia moorei on the homeward leg
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2013 01 15 3 plumwood eucryphia moorei on the homeward leg
Description
E. moorei can grow to 30 metres in height. Leaves are pinnate, mostly 5–15 cm long, with usually 5–13 leaflets but they are often reduced to 3 on flowering branches. Leaflets are oblong, 1–7 cm long, mostly 5–15 mm wide, margins are entire, lamina is leathery, upper surface is dark green and ± glabrous, lower surface is white-tomentose; petiole is 10–30 mm long; lateral leaflets are sessile.
References
Eucryphia moorei Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA