''Neolitsea dealbata'', also known as hairy-leaved bolly gum, is a shrub or tree, in the family

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, which is native to

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Description

The species grows up to 12 metres high. It has glossy, elliptic to obovate leaves which have whitish undersides. Younger leaves and branchlets are covered with brown hairs. It has small, 2 mm long flowers followed by rounded, black fruits which are about 8 mm in diameter and ripen from mid-autumn to early winter (April to June in Australia). Fungus species '' Phyllachora queenslandica'' is found on Neolitsea dealbata''.

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1810 who gave it the name ''Tetranthera dealbata''.

Distribution

The species is an understorey species found in rainforests in

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and

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References

Other sources

PlantNET - New south Wales Flora Online: ''Neolitsea dealbata''
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q13861083 Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Laurales of Australia dealbata Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)