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Polyosma rhytophloia
Wrinkled bark polyosma is a small evergreen rainforest understory tree from eastern Queensland, Australia, rarely grown outside its native range. It is best treated as a shade-tolerant, moist-soil rainforest tree.
Polyosma rhytophloia, commonly known as wrinkled bark polyosma, is a plant in the family Escalloniaceae endemic to parts of eastern Queensland, Australia. It was first described in 1926.
The native range of this species is coastal and sub-coastal ranges of eastern Queensland, from near Cooktown to the area around Eungella, west of Mackay. It grows as an understory tree in rainforest, at altitudes from about 520 to 1,300 m (1,710 to 4,270 ft).
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