Eupomatia bennettii
Species of flowering plant
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Eupomatia bennettii, commonly named small bolwarra,[2] is a species of shrubs of the Australian continent ancient plant family Eupomatiaceae, found in sub-tropical rainforest in eastern Australia. They grow naturally north from the Nambucca River and are sometimes found in moist gullies dominated by Eucalyptus trees.[citation needed]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Eupomatiaceae |
| Genus: | Eupomatia |
| Species: | E. bennettii |
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It is native to Queensland and New South Wales[2] | |
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Description
Usually seen from 70 cm to 140 cm high. Leaves are hairless, reverse lanceolate in shape, 8 to 20 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide.[4]
Attractive cream and red flowers form in spring, 25 mm in diameter. The fruit is an obconical berry; starting green then turning a yellowish colour. 2 to 3 cm in diameter.[citation needed]
Taxonomy
It was described by Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller in 1858.[1][3]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to the wet sclerophyll and notophyll vine forests of Queensland and New South Wales.[2]
