, ▁and ▁water g um . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁Lar ge ▁rain for est ▁tree , ▁up ▁to ▁ ▁in ▁height ; ▁grey ▁b ark , ▁cre am - color ed ▁flowers ▁and ▁abund ant ▁small ▁() ▁red ▁fruit . ▁Species ▁name ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁al li um , ▁for ▁" gar lic ", ▁and ▁l ign um , ▁for ▁" wood ". ▁Cross - section ▁shows ▁on ion - like ▁rings ▁of ▁b ark ▁in ▁the ▁tim ber . ▁ ▁Distribution ▁and ▁Hab itat ▁ ▁End em ic ▁to ▁North ▁East ▁Queensland , ▁Australia , ▁between ▁Cape ▁Trib ulation ▁and ▁Tul ly , ▁in ▁low land ▁rain for est ▁to ▁ 7 0 0 m ▁ab l . ▁ ▁E col ogy ▁ ▁F allen ▁f ruits ▁are ▁e aten ▁by ▁the ▁southern ▁c ass ow ary , ▁and ▁are ▁also ▁ed ible ▁by ▁humans . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁Harr ington , ▁M . ▁G ., ▁and ▁P . ▁A . ▁G ade k . ▁" M ole cular ▁system at ics ▁of ▁the ▁Ac men a ▁al liance ▁( My rt aceae ): ▁ph y log en etic ▁anal ys es ▁and ▁evolution ary ▁imp lications ▁with ▁reference ▁to ▁Australian ▁tax a ." ▁Australian ▁System atic ▁Bot any ▁ 1 7 . 1 ▁( 2 0 0 4 ): ▁ 6 3 – 7 2 . ▁Or ch ard , ▁A . ▁Cy clone ▁Tol er ant , ▁and ▁At ▁El la ▁Bay . ▁" C ass ow ary