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Turpentine tree

Syncarpia

Turpentine tree
Photo: USGS, Public domain
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree

About

Syncarpia is a small group of trees in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) described as a genus in 1839. They are native to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.

They are unusual among the Myrtaceae in that the leaves are opposite rather than alternate as is the norm for the family.

Other Syncarpia plants

Turpentine tree · Fraser Island Turpentine · Mountain Turpentine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syncarpia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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