Gmelina fasciculiflora

Gmelina fasciculiflora, known as the northern white beech is a species of trees endemic to the Queensland tropical rain forests, Australia, of the mint (Lamiaceae) plant family.

[5] Gmelina fasciculiflora was first described by English botanist George Bentham in his Flora Australiensis in 1870, from a collection by Dallachy.

Having pale twigs, similar shaped opposite leaves with a stem around 2 cm long.

As with the white beech, the fruit has a strong scent, and the aril quickly turns brown when exposed to the air.

[8] Gmelina fasciculiflora has grown and flowered well in cultivation in Brisbane, where it has been planted in public parks.