Desert Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius)

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The Desert Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius), also known as the Native Poplar in New South Wales and Western Australia, is a tall shrub or tree in the family Gyrostemonaceae and can be found in all mainland states of Australia, including Victoria, where it is commonly known as the Bell Fruit Tree.

The Desert Poplar can be a tall, fast-growing and short-lived tree, found growing in arid regions, such as mulga flats, rocky hillsides and will also grow in sand. The tree is known to bend under the weight of the prolific amount of seeds that sometimes sets.

The roots of the Desert Poplar are also known as a great place to find witchetty grubs.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Charophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Superorder: Rosanae
Order: Brassicales
Family: Gyrostemonaceae
Genus: Codonocarpus
Species: Codonocarpus cotinifolius

Footnote & References

Many thanks for ID to members of Alice Springs Field Naturalists Club, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/alicefieldnats/

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