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Large Fruited Yellowjacket

Corymbia watsoniana

Large Fruited Yellowjacket
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Corymbia watsoniana is a eucalypt-type tree from Queensland, growing 15–20 m tall with rough, flaky bark and creamy white flowers. It is a species in the myrtle family, grown mainly as a native shade or landscape tree in dry, sandy-soiled regions.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then rely mostly on rainfall; tolerates dry spells once mature.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; grows naturally on flat areas with sandy soil.
Temperature
Suited to warm, dry subtropical conditions; frost tolerance is limited, so protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Corymbia watsoniana, commonly known as large-fruited yellowjacket, is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and barrel-shaped or urn-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

This eucalypt grows in forest, mainly on flat areas with sandy soil. It is found between Springsure, Rolleston, Eidsvold, Gayndah and the Barakula State Forest.

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 watsoniana 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.

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