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Canary Beech

Huberantha nitidissima

Canary Beech
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
N. Northern Territory, N. & E. Queensland to NE. New South Wales, Vanuatu to New
Climate
wet tropical

About

Huberantha nitidissima, commonly known as canary beech or shiny leaf tree, is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It is found in seasonal tropical forests and along moist watercourses in New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and the Northern Territory.

Where it grows

The canary beech is found in the Top End of the Northern Territory, throughout the northernmost part of Cape York Peninsula, and all along the east coast of Queensland as far south as northeastern New South Wales. It has also been observed in the southern portion of New Guinea adjacent to Cape York, and in New Caledonia and Vanuatu in the Coral Sea.

Other Hubera plants

Huberantha cerasoides · Huberantha rumphii · Huberantha korinti

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Huberantha nitidissima 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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