Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Ceratopetalum gummiferum

Common name

New South Wales Christmas-bush, Christmas Bush

Family

Cunoniaceae

Where found

Open forest, heath, and moist gullies. Coast and ranges north from Broulee. Frequently planted.

Notes

Tree or shrub. Leaves opposite each other, compound, with 3 leaflets usually 3–8 cm long, 5–30 mm wide, distinctly channelled above; margins finely toothed. Flowers with 5 narrow white petals, and 5 white petal-like sepals, 2 mm long, enlarging to 12 mm and turning pink to red at the seeding stage. Flower clusters to 10 cm long. Flowers spring, fruits summer.

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ceratopetalum~gummiferum 
(accessed 7 January, 2021)