Common name: Native Poplar
Codonocarpus cotinifolius (Desf.) F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Shrub or tree to 10 m, pyramidal, usually glaucous; bark smooth, pale greyish pink.
Leaves lanceolate to obovate (often broad-ovate on young plants), 1.5–6 cm long, mostly 8–50 mm wide; petiole 5–10 mm long.
Male inflorescence with up to 15 flowers, pedicel 1–2 mm long; stamens 14–23. Female pedicels mostly 8–20 mm long; carpels 30–36.
Fruit 8–12 mm long; column club-shaped; seeds obovate, 3.5 mm long, wrinkled.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in arid areas; common after fire. Suspected of being toxic to stock.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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