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Arytera divaricata
Also called Rose Tamarind, Coogara
Coogera is a small to medium evergreen rainforest tree from eastern Australia, prized for its glossy leaves and attractive new growth. It tolerates fairly dry conditions and suits warm, frost-free gardens.
Arytera divaricata, known as the gap axe, coogara, coogera or rose tamarind is a forest tree of eastern Australia. An attractive plant with glossy pale and limp new leaves. It grows in fairly dry situations, often in littoral rainforests and monsoon forest.
The southernmost limit of natural distribution is Port Stephens (32° S) in New South Wales, extending north to Cape York at the northernmost tip of Australia. The generic name Arytera is from the Greek for 'cup', referring to the cup-shaped fruit valves. The specific epithet divaricata is from Latin and refers to the wide-spreading branchlets of the flower panicle.
Arytera divaricata may serve as a decorative and ornamental tree.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arytera divaricata 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.
