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Xanthostemon whitei
Also called Red Penda
Xanthostemon whitei, commonly known as Atherton penda or red penda, is a species of plants in the clove and eucalyptus family Myrtaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a large evergreen rainforest tree up to 45 m (148 ft) tall and a trunk diameter of up to 3 m (9.8 ft). Old trees have large buttresses and the trunk is marked by small hollows where bark has been shed. It was first described (informally) by Cyril Tenison White in 1917, and later formally described by German botanist Karl Gugerli.
Its very hard timber meant that early timber cutters ignored the trees, and many large specimens can still be seen in the region's National Parks.
Xanthostemon arenarius · Xanthostemon bracteatus · Golden penda · Xanthostemon crenulatus · Xanthostemon eucalyptoides · Xanthostemon formosus · Xanthostemon glaucus · Granite penda · Southern Penda · Bridaltree · Xanthostemon psidioides · Xanthostemon sebertii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xanthostemon whitei 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.
