Botanical name Rhodamnia rubescens
A common name Brush Turpentine
Seedling
Young plant
Juvenile
The leaves of Rhodamnia rubescens take on
their mature form early on in the life of the tree. You can make out
the softly furry nature of the leaves, bristles just visible on the leaf
edges if you magnify the image (press ctrl + till you reach the desired magnification). These photos are from a little tree about 1.8 metres tall.
I had cleared around this as a young plant, about 15cm tall about 5 or 6 years ago. It has not had a cage around it, that will be why the trunk, shown below, has a few twists, from chewing or maybe snapping events.
I re-cleared the larger regrowth of Small Leaf Privett maybe a month or 2 before this photo was taken. I will have another go at it again in a few months, it will stay clear for quite some time then. There are enough other good trees coming up to eventually shade out the privett here. With denser shade than Brush Turpentines can provide.
