About Pleioluma queenslandica (P.Royen) Swenson
The blush condoo (Pleioluma queenslandica) is an impressive rainforest tree that grows up to 40 metres (130 ft) tall, with a stem diameter of up to 90 cm (36 in). Its crown is bright green, with leaves clustered toward the ends of its branches. The bark is fairly smooth on younger trees, becoming scaly and rougher on larger mature trees. Younger tree trunks may develop small rows of vertical lenticels, and bark on older trees tends to shed in irregular scales. Small branches are fairly thick and smooth, and new leaf buds are covered in a fawny down. A white milky sap is visible when the plant is cut. Leaves are arranged alternately along the stem and have smooth, non-serrated margins. They are oval-elliptic or oblong-elliptic in shape, measuring 9 to 20 cm (3.6–8 in) long and 3 to 6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) wide. The leaves are shiny green on their upper surface, yellow-green on the underside, and have a somewhat leathery texture. Leaf stalks range from 8 to 25 mm in length. Leaf veins are not easily visible on the upper leaf surface, but are clearer on the underside, with 6 to 16 lateral veins branching off the midrib.
