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}}Eucryphia jinksii, the Springbrook leatherwood, is a species of rare rainforest trees found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, of the plant family Cunoniaceae.
They grow naturally to 30m tall yet were discovered as a new species only in 1994 by David Jinks.
Eucryphia jinksii’s endemic, very restricted and threatened distribution has obtained the conservation status of "endangered", officially listed in the regulation current {{as of|2013|Sept|27|lc=y}}, of the Queensland government legislation, the Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4]Distribution and habitat
It is known from a single creek catchment in Warm Temperate Rainforest on the Springbrook Plateau. Another stand has been discovered growing not as trees but as a thicket of multi stemmed shrubs on a wind sheared clifftop also in the Springbrook Area. It grows in New South Wales at Numinbah Nature Reserve,[5] on the Mount Warning caldera.
Description
E. jinksii trees have pale lichen covered bark typical of many species in the Warm Temperate Rainforests. Often a ring of coppice shoots surrounds the base of an adult tree, coppice and seedling leaves have 5-7 leaflets, while adult leaves have 1-3.
Flowers are cream with four petals and numerous stamens. Beehives near other species of Eucryphia make a famous rich honey known as Leatherwood Honey this species has considerable potential for honey production.
Fruits are small brown capsules with multiple segments and small seeds.
References
1. ^1 {{APNI | id= 125651 | name= Eucryphia jinksii {{Au|P.I.Forst.}} | accessdate= 17 July 2013 }}
2. ^1 {{Cite web | url= http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/N/NatureConWiR06.pdf | author= Queensland Government | date= 27 Sep 2013 | title= Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006 | page= 34 | work= Nature Conservation Act 1992 | location= Australia | publisher= | version= Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au | accessdate= 28 Nov 2013 }}
3. ^1 {{Cite book | last1= Floyd | first1= Alex G. | authorlink= Alexander Floyd | year= 2008 | edition= revised | title= Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia | location= Lismore, NSW | publisher= Terania Rainforest Publishing | isbn= 978-0-9589436-7-3 | page= 114 }}