Gyrostemon ramulosus

Description

Gyrostemon from the Greek 'gyros' meaning a circle and 'stemon' meaning a stamen; alluding to the whorled stamens. Ramulosus from the Latin 'ramulus' meaning many small branches or twigs; referring to the branching habit of the species.Shrubs or trees to 5 m tall, with corky bark on the old branches. Leaves slender, to 70 mm long and 1 mm wide, pointed, terete, soft. Male flowers with recurved pedicels to 5 mm long and 5 mm across at anthesis, with the calyx distinctly lobed and the lobes acute, with numerous anthers in several whorls. Female flowers with recurved pedicels to 7 mm long, with the calyx distinctly lobed and the lobes being acute or obtuse, with usually 20-30 carpels each with a sessile stigma spreading to form a crown above the ring of ovaries. Flowering between May and September.Pale brown spherical fruit to 6 mm long formed from multiple seed segments