Corymbia clavigera

Apple gum
Illustration from Ferdinand von Mueller's Eucalyptographia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Corymbia
Species:
C. clavigera
Binomial name
Corymbia clavigera
Synonyms
  • Eucalyptus clavigera A.Cunn. ex Schauer
  • Eucalyptus clavigera A.Cunn. ex Schauer var. clavigera

Corymbia clavigera, commonly known as apple gum or cabbage gum, is a species of tree that is endemic to a small area in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. It has smooth, pale grey and white bark, lance-shaped or elliptical adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white flowers and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

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