Variable-barked Bloodwood (Corymbia erythrophloia)
Description
Corymbia erythrophloia, commonly known as the variable-barked bloodwood, the red-barked bloodwood, the gum-topped bloodwood or the red bloodwood, is a bloodwood native to Queensland, Australia. The tree typically grows to a height of 15 metres (49 ft) with tessellated, red-brown, dull, grey or pink bark that is persistent on the trunk and lower branches. The bark sheds in small polygonal flakes giving the tree a mottled appearance. Adult leaves are disjunct with a lanceolate to broad lanceolate shape. The leaves are falcate, acuminate, basally tapered, and dull grey-green in colour. They are 9 to 17 centimetres (4 to 7 in) long and 2 to 3.5 cm (0.8 to 1.4 in) wide on narrowly flattened petioles that are 1 to 2.5 cm (0.4 to 1.0 in) in length. The tree will bloom between January to April producing a compound terminal conflorescence with umbellasters and 3 to 7 regular flowers with terete pedicels and penduncles. It will later form urceolate, pedicellate fruits that are 13 to 20 millimetres (0.51 to 0.79 in) long and 10 to 15 mm (0.39 to 0.59 in) in diameter containing regular or laterally compressed, cymbiform or ovoid red brown seeds.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Myrtaceae
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Genus: Corymbia
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