Eucryphia moorei

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids  >  Oxalidales > Cunoniaceae  >  Eucryphia  moorei    

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Plant  information

Common name:               Eastern Leatherwood

• Also known as Pinkwood  or Plumwood

Conservation status:   ...

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

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Leaves:         

• Leaves are pinnate, mostly 5–15 cm long

• Petiole is 10–30 mm long

• Usually 5–13 leaflets but they are often reduced to 3 on flowering branches

• Leaflets are oblong, 1–7 cm long, mostly 5–15 mm wide

• Margins are entire, lamina is leathery, upper surface is dark green and ± glabrousL

• Lower surface is white-tomentose

• Lateral leaflets are sessile

Stem & branches:   

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Tree of uo to 30 m

Habitat:   

• It is the dominant tree species of cool-temperate rainforests of southeastern 

• Young plants often grow as hemiepiphytes

Distribution:                  

• Found in southeastern NSW

• It also occurs just over the border at the Howe Range in Victoria

Additional notes:     

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucryphia_moorei (2023)