''Notelaea microcarpa'' is a bush or small crooked tree from the olive family, found in eastern

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. Two varieties are recognised; var. ''microcarpa'', the velvet mock olive and var. ''velutina'' known as the gorge mock olive. The habitat is in the under-storey of

eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including '' Corymbia'', they are commonly known as euca ...

woodland, north of the

Hunter Region The Hunter Region, also commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney. It contains the Hunter River and its tributaries with highland areas to the north and so ...

, north to

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

. Often on rocky sites, associated with the White Box. The gorge mock olive is often found in the drier fire free gully

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

s, in the north of

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. It may grow to ten metres tall, at an altitude of between 500 and 700 metres above sea level. Sites include

Oxley Wild Rivers National Park The Oxley Wild Rivers National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia in the Port Macquarie-Hastings City Council and Walcha Shire councils. The park is situated north ...

and

Chaelundi National Park Chaelundi National Park, a national park comprising , is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. Features Chaelundi National Park is north-west of Dorrigo and Grafton, approximately by road north of Sydney. ...

. This plant first appeared in the scientific literature in 1810, in the ''

Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen'' (Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land) is a flora of Australia written by botanist Robert Brown and published in 1810. Often referred to as ''Prodromus Flora Novae ...

'', authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.

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microcarpa Trees of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1810 Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Australia-asterid-stub