Eucryphia lucida
| Leatherwood | |
|---|---|
| Flower, Montezuma Falls, Tasmania, Australia, 5 Jan 2012 by John Tann | |
| Young, growing sapling in full flower and growth (source of above flower) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Cunoniaceae |
| Genus: | Eucryphia |
| Species: | E. lucida |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucryphia lucida | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eucryphia lucida, the leatherwood, is a species of tree or large shrub endemic to forests of western Tasmania, Australia. An attractive plant used in both horticulture and apiculture, it was promoted by the Tasmanian Branch of the then SGAP as an alternative to the Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) for Tasmania's floral emblem. It was described as E. billiarderi at one stage, this now being a synonym.
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