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Bastard Gumwood
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IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Bastard Gumwood

Commidendrum rotundifolium

The bastard gumwood (Commidendrum rotundifolium) is a species of tree endemic to the island of Saint Helena. It was thought to be extinct, but one last tree was discovered in Horse Pasture in 1982. This tree, long believed to be the last, was destroyed in 1986 by a gale. Fortunately seedlings were grown from this tree before it perished. The last of these to survive in cultivation was damaged by gales in 2008 and the survival...

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