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Corymbia aparrerinja (syn. Eucalyptus papuana var. aparrerinja) commonly known as Ghost Gum, is an evergreen tree that is native to Central Australia
Central Australia

Central Australia/Alice Springs Region is one of the five regions in the Northern Territory. The term Central Australia is used to describe an area centred on Alice Springs, Northern Territory in Australia....
. It grows up to 20 metres in height and has smooth, white to cream and pink-tinged bark, which sheds seasonally in thin scales. White flowers appear in summer and the fruit are woody brown goblet shaped, valved capsules. The tree features in aboriginal Dreamtime
Dreamtime

In Aboriginal mythology, Dreaming or Altjeringa is a sacred 'once upon a time' time out of time in which ancestral Totemic Spirit Beings formed The Creation....
 stories and gained prominence with the wider public in the 20th century through the paintings of aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira
Albert Namatjira

Albert Namatjira , born Elea Namatjira, was an Australian artist. He was a Western Arrernte man, an Indigenous Australian of the Western MacDonnell Ranges area....
. Ghost Gum occurs in arid areas on rocky slopes, red sand flats and dry creek beds.






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Corymbia aparrerinja (syn. Eucalyptus papuana var. aparrerinja) commonly known as Ghost Gum, is an evergreen tree that is native to Central Australia
Central Australia

Central Australia/Alice Springs Region is one of the five regions in the Northern Territory. The term Central Australia is used to describe an area centred on Alice Springs, Northern Territory in Australia....
. It grows up to 20 metres in height and has smooth, white to cream and pink-tinged bark, which sheds seasonally in thin scales. White flowers appear in summer and the fruit are woody brown goblet shaped, valved capsules. The tree features in aboriginal Dreamtime
Dreamtime

In Aboriginal mythology, Dreaming or Altjeringa is a sacred 'once upon a time' time out of time in which ancestral Totemic Spirit Beings formed The Creation....
 stories and gained prominence with the wider public in the 20th century through the paintings of aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira
Albert Namatjira

Albert Namatjira , born Elea Namatjira, was an Australian artist. He was a Western Arrernte man, an Indigenous Australian of the Western MacDonnell Ranges area....
. Ghost Gum occurs in arid areas on rocky slopes, red sand flats and dry creek beds. It is found predominantly in the south of the Northern Territory
Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
, extending to the west just over the border into Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
 and extending to the east into central Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, including a separate occurrence on red earth. In the western parts of central Queensland the species intergrades with Corymbia dallachiana
Corymbia dallachiana

Corymbia dallachiana commonly known as Ghost Gum or Dallachy's gum, is an evergreen tree that is native to Eastern Australia. It grows up to 20 metres in height and has white to cream and pink-tinged bark, often with brown scales....
, a species with which it was once lumped as "C. papuana.

Parts of this tree were used by aboriginals to treat colds.