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Dogwood

Beilschmiedia oligandra

Also called Ivory Walnut

Dogwood
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, CC BY 4.0
Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
NE. Queensland (Cook)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Beilschmiedia oligandra, commonly known as dogwood, is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a rainforest tree native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia, and first described in 1959. It has a conservation status of least-concern.

Where it grows

Dogwood is endemic to a small part of the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland. It grows in rainforest on various soil types, from the Bloomfield River north of Cape Tribulation to the Johnstone River west of Innisfail. The altitudinal range is from 60 to 700 m (200 to 2,300 ft).

Other Beilschmiedia plants

Beilschmiedia ambigua · Canary Ash · Southern Acorn Tree · Beilschmiedia bracteata · Beilschmiedia brunnea · Beilschmiedia castrisinensis · Beilschmiedia collina · Grey Walnut · Beilschmiedia gaboonensis · Beilschmiedia giorgii · Beilschmiedia insignis · Beilschmiedia kweo

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Beilschmiedia oligandra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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