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Large Fruited Tea Tree

Leptospermum macrocarpum

Large Fruited Tea Tree
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
CE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Leptospermum macrocarpum is a species of shrub that is endemic to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. It has thin, hard, sometimes gnarled bark on the older stems, broadly elliptical leaves, relatively large white, pink or dark red flowers and large fruit.

Where it grows

Leptospermum macrocarpum grows in heath or forest on exposed sandstone in the Blue Mountains.

Other Leptospermum plants

Tea Trees · Leptospermum amboinense · Aggreflorum anfractum · Spidery Tea Tree · Leptospermum argenteum · Leptospermum barneyense · Aggreflorum benwellii · Gaudium blakelyi · Aggreflorum brachyandrum · Gaudium confertum · Prickly Tea Tree · Gaudium coriaceum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptospermum macrocarpum 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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