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Brown Beech

Pennantia cunninghamii

Brown Beech
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Pennantiaceae (Pennanti family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
E.Queensland to E. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Pennantia cunninghamii, commonly known as brown beech, is a species of flowering plant in the family Pennantiaceae. It is a tree with a fluted trunk, often scaly bark, glossy, elliptic or oblong leaves, panicles of bisexual or male flowers, and fleshy black drupes.

Where it grows

Brown beech grows in rainforest from Clyde Mountain near Batemans Bay (35° S) in southern New South Wales to Atherton (17° S) in tropical Queensland.

Other Pennantia plants

Three Kings Kaikomako · Pennantia corymbosa · Pennantia endlicheri · Pennantia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pennantia cunninghamii 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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