Corymbia calophylla

Corymbia calophylla (Lindl.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (Myrtaceae), the marri, is a large evergreen tree endemic to south-western Western Australia, where it is widespread on a variety of soils in jarrah and karri forest and adjacent woodlands, commonly reaching 20–40 m tall with a stout trunk and a broad spreading crown. The bark is persistent, grey to brown, rough, tessellated, and conspicuously flaky over the trunk and main branches. Juvenile leaves are opposite, ovate, and dull green; adult leaves are alternate, broadly lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 9–15 cm long, glossy dark green above and paler beneath, with prominent reticulate venation. The terminal inflorescences are large corymbose panicles of buds with ribbed hypanthia and rounded opercula; flowers are showy, creamy white (occasionally pink), produced in summer. The distinctive woody fruits are large, urn-shaped capsules 3–4.5 cm long, contracting at the rim, valves enclosed.