Xanthostemon whitei


Xanthostemon whitei, commonly known as Atherton penda or red penda, is a species of plants in the clove and eucalyptus family Myrtaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a large evergreen rainforest tree up to tall and a trunk diameter of up to. Old trees have large buttresses and the trunk is marked by small hollows where bark has been shed. It was first described by Cyril Tenison White in 1917, and later formally described by German botanist Karl Gugerli.
Its very hard timber meant that early timber cutters ignored the trees, and many large specimens can still be seen in the region's National Parks.

Conservation

This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act., it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.