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The genus Angophora includes about 10 species of tree native to eastern Australia, belonging to the Myrtle family ( Myrtaceae).
Angophora is closely related to Corymbia and Eucalyptus, and all three are often referred to as "eucalypts". The differences are that Angophora have opposite leaves rather than alternate, and lack a bud cap or operculum. Angophora has fruit with sharp ribs, while the fruit of Eucalyptus is usually smooth.
The species vary in appearance from a bushy form, such as the Dwarf Apple (Angiophora hispida) to tall trees, growing to a height of 30 m. The bark is rough and scaly. The lanceolate leaves are darkgreen.
The creamy white flowers grow into large inflorescences.
The name Angophora comes from the Greek angos, or "carries", and phora, meaning "jar" or "vessel": this refers to the cup-shaped fruit borne by members of the genus.
Some of the better known angophoras are:
- Broad-leaved Apple : Angophora subvelutina
- Dwarf Apple (Angophora hispida), formerly known as Angophora cordifolia, this large, hardy shrub has clusters of white flowers, heart-shaped leaves and red hairs on the bark. The new growth is also reddish
- Rough-barked Apple (Angophora floribunda): A tall, spreading evergreen with twisted branches, leathery leaves and clusters of cream flowers at the end of the branches.
- Narrow-leaved Apple Angophora bakeri
- Rough-barked Apple (Angophora floribunda), this Australian species is found in NSW, Queensland and Victoria. its alarge, spreading tree, covered, in summer, with fluffy flowers.
- Smooth-barked Apple (Angophora costata), a hardy medium-sized tree also known as "Sydney Red Gum". It has twisted branches, cream flowers and smooth mottled bark, which is orange in summer and pinkish-grey in winter. It is commonly found growing out of crevices in sandstone. Another common name is Sydney Red Gum.
- Smudgy Apple Angophora woodsiana
- Gum Myrtle : Angiophora lanceolata
- Angophora exul : threatened Australian species. This tree grows to 8 m tall. The terminal inflorescence is compound. It is known only from a small area at Gibraltar Rock, New South Wales.
- Angophora inopina : a vulnerable species, a small tree growing to 8 m tall.
- Angophora robur : vulnerable species
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