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Helicia australasica

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Proteaceae

Scientific name
  
Helicia australasica

Order
  
Proteales

Genus
  
Helicia

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Helicia, Cardwellia, Proteales, Proteas, Grevillea robusta

Helicia australasica, also named Austral oak or creek silky oak, is a species of rainforest trees, and constitutes part of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.

Its everyday name in the local northeast Queensland Dyirbal language was miyabur, though a more general word gurruŋun "oak tree" (also applied to Darlingia ferruginea and Cardwellia sublimis) was used in the taboo [Dyalŋuy] vocabulary.

They grow naturally through New Guinea and in Australia in central and north eastern Queensland, Cape York Peninsula and the Northern Territory, from about 0 to 1,100 m (0 to 3,609 ft) altitude.

They are threatened by habitat loss.

They have been recorded growing up to about 20 m (66 ft) tall.

References

Helicia australasica Wikipedia