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Syncarpia glomulifera (Sm.) Nied.
Family Myrtaceae
Common name: turpentine

Syncarpia glomulifera (Sm.) Nied. APNI*

Description: Tall tree with fibrous to stringy, persistent bark.

Leaves ovate to narrow-ovate, 7–11 cm long, 2.5–4.5 cm wide, upper surface dull green, lower surface usually white-hairy; petiole 0.7–1.3 mm long.

Inflorescences usually pubescent; peduncle 2.5–5 cm long. Sepals short, persistent in fruit. Petals ovate, 5–8 mm long. Stamens apparently in 2 whorls, 8–10 mm long.

Multiple fruit globose to depressed-globose, 10–20 mm diam., hairy or sometimes glabrescent; seeds linear, c. 2 mm long.


Illustration
M. Flockton

Habit
Photo T.M. Tame

Flower
Photo D. Hardin

Fruit
Photo T.M. Tame

Flowering: October–December

Distribution and occurrence: Often grows as an emergent near the margins of rainforest or in wet sclerophyll forest, often on heavier soils; widespread in coastal districts and the lower ranges, north from Murramurang N.P.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, CT
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept:

 Key to the subspecies 
1Leaves and branchlets hairy; fruiting hypanthia remaining hairy.subsp. glomulifera
Leaves and branchlets glabrous; fruiting hypanthia glabrescent.subsp. glabra

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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