About Lophostemon grandiflorus (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.
Lophostemon grandiflorus is a tree species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that is endemic to northern and eastern Australia: Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland. The tree typically reaches a height between 3 and 18 metres, or 10 to 59 feet. It can produce cream-white flowers at any time between January and December. Its persistent bark is pale brown and almost fibrous in texture, and epiphytic and parasitic plants often grow on this bark. Its leaf blades are thick, ovate, and dark green, measuring roughly 5 to 12 centimetres (2.0 to 4.7 inches) long, and 2 to 6.5 centimetres (0.79 to 2.56 inches) wide. The underside of each leaf is much paler, almost white, in colour. This species most commonly grows as a rheophyte along creeks through open forest, but it also occurs on the margins of rainforests. It grows in damp habitats, including riverbanks and sandstone gorges, ranging from the Kimberley region of Western Australia across the top end of the Northern Territory, and extending down the east coast as far south as Central Queensland. Two subspecies of Lophostemon grandiflorus are currently recognized: Lophostemon grandiflorus subsp. grandiflorus, and Lophostemon grandiflorus subsp. riparius.
