Corymbia calophylla

Corymbia calophylla, commonly known as marri, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a tree or mallee with rough bark on part or all of the trunk, lance-shaped adult leaves, branched clusters of cup-shaped or pear-shaped flower buds, each branch with three or seven buds, white to pink flowers, and relatively large oval to urn-shaped fruit, colloquially known as honky nuts. Marri wood has had many uses, both for Aboriginal people, and in the construction industry.

Marri
Corymbia calophylla, near Cataby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Corymbia
Species:
C. calophylla
Binomial name
Corymbia calophylla
Synonyms
synonyms
  • Eucalyptus calophylla R.Br. nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Eucalyptus calophylla Lindl.
  • Eucalyptus calophylla Lindl. var. calophylla
  • Eucalyptus calophylla var. maideniana Hochr.
  • Eucalyptus calophylla var. parviflora Blakely
  • Eucalyptus calophylla var. typica Hochr. nom. inval.
  • Eucalyptus ficifolia var. alba Blakely nom. illeg.
  •  ? Eucalyptus glaucophylla Hoffmanns.
  • Eucalyptus splachnicarpa Hook.
  • Eucalyptus splachnicarpon Hook. orth. var.
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