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 Edit this 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[1]
  • Carpodontos lucida Labill.
  • Eucryphia billardierei Spach
Opening ripe fruits. Overland Track, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia, 17 April 2013 by Doug Beckers

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.

  1. ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 21 August 2016