Corymbia arnhemensis
Corymbia arnhemensis, commonly known as Katherine Gorge bloodwood, is a species of slender tree that is endemic to the Top End of the Northern Territory. It has rough bark on some or all of the trunk, sometimes the larger branches, smooth bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and urn-shaped fruit.
Description
Corymbia arnhemensis is a slender tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough grey to grey brown, tessellated bark on part or all of the trunk, sometimes also the larger branches, and smooth white to grey or pinkish bark above. Young plants a coppice regrowth have elliptical to egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide. The adult leaves are arranged alternately, dull green on the upper surface, paler below, lance-shaped to curved, long and wide tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged on a slender, branched peduncle long, each branch with seven buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are oval to narrow pear-shaped, long and wide with a rounded to conical operculum.Flowering has been observed in November and from February to April and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody urn-shaped capsule long and wide with the valves enclosed in the fruit.