Common Name: False Sandalwood
Botanical Name: Myoporum platycarpum
Family: MYOPORACEAE
Description:
Tall, bushy, bright green shrub (in the south) to erect, rough barked tree, up to 10 m high (in northern areas). Bark dark grey, raised in squarish plates (on tree form). Bright green, smooth, thin, pendulous, with very small teeth towards the tip of the tapered leaf margin, 3-9 cm long by 4-9 mm wide. White (yellow inside), tubular, bell-shaped flowers, 4-6 lobes, 7 mm long. Spring to summer. Dry, flat, pointed, brownish drupe, 6 mm long, 2-4 seeds enclosed in cells. Summer to autumn.
Tall, bushy, bright green shrub (in the south) to erect, rough barked tree, up to 10 m high (in northern areas). Bark dark grey, raised in squarish plates (on tree form). Bright green, smooth, thin, pendulous, with very small teeth towards the tip of the tapered leaf margin, 3-9 cm long by 4-9 mm wide. White (yellow inside), tubular, bell-shaped flowers, 4-6 lobes, 7 mm long. Spring to summer. Dry, flat, pointed, brownish drupe, 6 mm long, 2-4 seeds enclosed in cells. Summer to autumn.
Natural Distribution:
Widely distributed throughout lower rainfall regions in all mainland agricultural districts of SA. Extends into WA, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee and northern arid areas.
Widely distributed throughout lower rainfall regions in all mainland agricultural districts of SA. Extends into WA, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee and northern arid areas.
Notes:
Common names 'false sandalwood' and 'sugarwood' refer to the smell of burning wood reminiscent of the sandalwood fragrance, and the sugary edible substance exuded from the wood (eaten by birds). Commonly propagated from cuttings.
Common names 'false sandalwood' and 'sugarwood' refer to the smell of burning wood reminiscent of the sandalwood fragrance, and the sugary edible substance exuded from the wood (eaten by birds). Commonly propagated from cuttings.
