Alphitonia ferruginea
Red Tweedie
Alphitonia excelsa
(Fenzl) Reissek ex T.Mitch. Species
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- Botanical name
- Alphitonia excelsa
- Also known as
- Cooper's-Wood, Leather-Jacket, Mountain-Ash, Pink-Almond, Red Tweedie, Red-Almond, Red-Ash, Soaptree, White-Myrtle, Whiteleaf
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Alphitonia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Red Tweedie
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Alphitonia excelsa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Alphitonia excelsa
Alphitonia excelsa var. acutifolia
Ceanothus excelsa
Ceanothus excelsus
Colubrina excelsa
Others in Alphitonia
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