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Citronella smythii
Citronella smythii is a rainforest tree from northeast Queensland, growing up to 25 m tall with a fluted trunk. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited and mostly based on its rainforest habitat.
Citronella smythii, commonly known as northern silky beech, is a species of plant in the family Cardiopteridaceae. It is native to northeast Queensland, Australia, and has a conservation status of least concern.
It is found in northeast Queensland from the Paluma Range National Park to Cape Tribulation. There is also a second population between about Coen and Lockhart River on Cape York Peninsula. It grows in rainforest at altitudes from sea level to about 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Citronella smythii 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.
