A dense, rounded tree to 15 m or more tall. Bark scaly. Young shoots releasing milky juice when broken. Leaves crowded in false whorls of 4-5, ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, 12-20 cm long, 5-7 cm wide, dark green and glossy above, paler below. Leaf stalk 2-2.5 cm long. Flowers white, in clusters of 3-7 at the base of the new season's growth; spring to early summer. Fruit a bell-shaped capsule, 1 cm long and wide. Syn. Tristania conferta R. Br.
Grows naturally at the edge of rainforest.
NSW, Qld.
VIC: Parkville (Flemington Rd); Springvale (Crematorium, exit avenue).
Source: (2002). Myrtaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Lophostemon confertus 'Variegatus'
Smaller habit than species, leaves with wavy margins and a broad yellow blotch in the centre. The variegated scion is grafted onto typical seedlings. Also L. 'Billy Bunter' PVJ 10(2)56.
VIC: Balwyn (Maranoa Gds entrance); Melbourne (Royal Bot. Gds, near D Gate); S Yarra (Domain, above Edmund Herring Reserve).