The Tree Zieria or Stinkwood is a small tree or sturdy shrub in the citrus family

Rutaceae

Rutaceae, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, is a family of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents...

. A common plant found in eastern Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Zieria arborescens subsp. arborescens may grow to 10 metres in height, the habitat is the edges of rainforest

Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...

 or in tall moist eucalyptus

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...

 forest. Either near the coast or on the adjacent mountain ranges. The leaves and timber have an unpleasant scent, hence the common name.

Typical of this group, the leaf is compound, featuring three leaflets. Leaflets are between 5 and 9 cm long, and 6 to 15 mm wide, the leaf stem is 1.5 to 3 cm long. White flowers form on stalks which are shorter than the leaves. Petals are 4 to 5 mm long.

This plant first appeared in scientific literature in 1811 in the Botanical Magazine

Curtis's Botanical Magazine

The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name Curtis's Botanical Magazine....

, published by the English taxonomist John Sims. The original specimen used was from Joseph Banks

Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

' collection

Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...

 in London

London

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Zieria arborescens subsp. decurrens is only recorded from near Jervis Bay

Jervis Bay

Jervis Bay is a large bay bounded by the state of New South Wales, the Jervis Bay Territory, and a detached enclave of the Australian Capital Territory. HMAS Creswell is located between Jervis Bay Village and Greenpatch in the Jervis Bay Territory.-History:...

, it grows in drier eucalyptus areas. It features ridged non-warty branches and more hairs on the young branchlets.