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Angophora costata (Smooth-barked apple)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Myrtaceae

Angophora costata (Smooth-barked apple) in Tokai Arboretum, Cape Peninsula. Young fruit (top right), old fruit and leaves (middle right), leaves (bottom right), trunk (bottom left). [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Native to eastern Australia. Cultivated in southern Africa.