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Angophora leiocarpa
Angophora leiocarpa, the rusty gum or smooth-barked apple, is a small to medium tree native to eastern Australia, usually growing in open forest on sandstone. It is grown as an ornamental and is best suited to warm, mild climates with full sun.
Angophora leiocarpa, commonly known as rusty gum, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has smooth bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds usually in groups of three, white or creamy white flowers and smooth barrel-shaped to cup-shaped fruit.
Angophora leiocarpa grows in open forest on sandstone hills and outcrops from Blackall and Mackay in Queensland, south to Narrabri and Grafton in New South Wales.
Sydney red gum · Rough Barked Angophora · Dwarf Apple · Apple Gums
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Angophora leiocarpa 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.
