Turpentine tree | |
---|---|
young fruit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Syncarpia |
Species: | S. glomulifera
|
Binomial name | |
Syncarpia glomulifera | |
Synonyms | |
Syncarpia laurifolia Ten. |
Syncarpia glomulifera, commonly known as the turpentine tree, or yanderra,[1] is a tree of the family Myrtaceae native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, which can reach 60 metres (200 feet) in height. It generally grows on heavier soils. The cream flowers appear in spring and are fused into compound flowerheads.