Northern Territory, Timber Creek (small settlement on the Victoria Highway 150 km from W.A. border).In patch of native savanna vegetation between highway and creek, on flat coastal plain.Growing on Corymbia sp.
A South African member of the Crassulaceae Family, known as Pig's Ears or as Cub's Paws. Some feel that it is just a subspecies of C. tomentosa. KEW Gardens, London.
Family: EuphorbiaceaeDistribution:Indian subcontinent and China, in scrubs and along ravines.1-2m tall shrubs.Leaves elliptic-obovate, distichous,1.5-3x1.3-2.5cm,Flowers 0.5-1cm across, greenish yellow, unisexual, male flowers in axillary fascicles, females solitary.Drupes 0.8-1.2cm across, globose.This is the fruiting twig. Photographed at Nellore.
Also placed in the Styphelia genus, and a feature of highlands from Malaysian to Australia. Photo from timberline of Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo. n context at www.dixpix.ca/indonesia/flora/heath/index.html