| Anodopetalum biglandulosum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Cunoniaceae |
| Genus: | Anodopetalum A.Cunn. ex Endl. |
| Species: | A. biglandulosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Anodopetalum biglandulosum (Hook.) Hook.f. |
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Anodopetalum biglandulosum is a shrub or small tree endemic to western Tasmania, Australia. It is commonly known as "horizontal" because of its habit of growth.[1]
The leaves are two to five centimetres long, evergreen, opposite and bluntly toothed. The small flowers grow in the leaf axils and have four yellowish-green petals.[1]
This is a common temperate rain forest tree and can be the dominant species on poor soils.[1] As it grows, the trunk bends over under its own weight and ends up parallel with the ground. Vertical branches grow from it and these bend over in time and the tree becomes a tangled mass of branches that is nearly impenetrable.[2]