| One of the "Giants of the forest" from the south-west of Western Australia. The fibrous bark is red-grey in colour with the leaves having distinctively thickened margins. The timber is world famous, being renowned for its toughness and durability and is used for scantling, construction, flooring, furniture and railway sleepers which were also used in the London underground. Trees can live for 500 years and attain a height of 50m with a trunk diameter of 3 to 4 metres. Creamy white flowers occur mainly between September and February.. Approx 15 seeds |