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General information

A Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) is a tall tree with greyish fibrous bark. There is a stand of these trees in our school grounds.

Children next to a Turpentine

These trees are located in our playground, north-west of the car park. They give us shade to our lunch area and are great trees to have at our school. Appearance There are about 10 trees in our playground and they are about 30 - 40 metres high. In the photo, you can see how small the children and the classroom look next to one of these trees. Their leaves are sharp and oval-shaped.

Seasonal Changes November - Spring The trees flowered in November. December - Summer In December we collected some nuts (fruits) from the trees. Leaves and fruit Here is a photo of the leaves and fruit of the Turpentine tree.

Turpentine leaves and fruit

Lorikeets

Life in this forest Birds Lots of birds live in the trees in our school playground. We have seen galahs, pigeons, rainbow lorikeets and Mynah birds in the trees.

Galahs

Use of these trees

History and Mythology