Bizarrely distributed and verging on extinction, this 'mystic' tree went unidentified for 17 years
- Written by Gregory John Leach, Honorary Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University

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Almost 30 years ago, the specimen of a weird tree collected in the southern part of Kakadu National Park was packed in my...