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Acronychia crassipetala
Crater aspen is a small rainforest tree from north-eastern Queensland, growing up to about 18 m, grown mainly as a shade or landscape tree in warm, humid climates. It needs moist, well-drained soil and shelter from frost.
Acronychia crassipetala, commonly known as crater aspen, is a species of small rainforest tree that is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It has simple, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves on cylindrical stems, flowers in small groups, and fleshy, more or less spherical fruit.
This tree grows in rainforest between the Windsor Tablelands and the Atherton Tableland at an altitudes of 800–1,200 m (2,600–3,900 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acronychia crassipetala by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
