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Rusty Bloodwood

Corymbia umbonata

Rusty Bloodwood
Photo: Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Northern Territory
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Corymbia umbonata, commonly known as rusty bloodwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to the Top End of the Northern Territory. It has thin, rough bark on the trunk, often also the branches, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Corymbia umbonata grows in open forest and savannah woodland in the Top End of the Northern Territory, including in the Judbarra / Gregory, Kakadu and Nitmiluk National Parks.

Other Corymbia plants

Scraggy Bloodwood · Range Bloodwood · Corymbia aparrerinja · Corymbia arafurica · Kimberley Bloodwood · Katherine Gorge Bloodwood · Corymbia aspera · Corymbia aureola · Corymbia bella · Corymbia blakei · Glossy Leaved Bloodwood · Yellow Bloodwood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corymbia umbonata 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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