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Iron malletwood

Rhodamnia sessiliflora

Iron malletwood
Photo: Mark Richman, CC BY 4.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
N. & NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Rhodamnia sessiliflora, commonly known as iron malletwood, is a small tree in the eucalyptus family Myrtaceae, found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.

Where it grows

Rhodamnia sessiliflora is restricted to coastal and subcoastal parts of northeastern Queensland, extending from about Rossville south to the Paluma Range National Park. It grows in well developed rainforest and monsoon forest on various soils, at altitudes from near sea level to about 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

Other Rhodamnia plants

Brown Malletwood · Silverback · Smooth Scrub Turpentine · Brush Turpentine · White Malletwood · Rhodamnia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhodamnia sessiliflora 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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