Backhousia myrtifolia: Difference between revisions

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Backhousia myrtifolia subsp. var.

Carrol, carrol ironwood, neverbreak, ironwood or grey myrtle

Habit:		tree
Height:	⇕	to
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	30 m
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Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈
Poisonous:	☠
Bloom:	❀

Exposure:	☼
Water:	◍
Features:	✓	evergreen, flowers
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Minimum Temp:	☃	°F
USDA Zones:		9 to 11
Sunset Zones:		Cinnamon myrtle flower and leaf.jpg
Flower features:	❀	white

Myrtaceae >

Backhousia

myrtifolia

var.

,

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Cinnamon myrtle is a spice form of Backhousia myrtifolia. This small rainforest tree species grows in subtropical rainforests of Eastern Australia. B. myrtifolia is also known as carrol, carrol ironwood, neverbreak, ironwood or grey myrtle.

B.myrtifolia can grow up to 30 metres. The leaves are ovate or elliptic, 4-7 cm long, with a cinnamon-like odour. Flowers are star-shaped and borne in panicles. The small papery fruit are bell-shaped.

[hide]Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Backhousia myrtifolia, Hook. & Harv. Large slender-branched shrub, or small tree: lvs. ovate-acuminate, stiff, pellucid-punctate: fls. white, in pedunculate corymbs, the younger ones partly concealed by the petaloid bracts; petals small, round-ovate, concave, acute; calyx hairy. Queensland and New S. Wales. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

Propagation

Cuttings or fresh seed.

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

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References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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+'''Cinnamon myrtle''' is a [[spice]] form of ''Backhousia myrtifolia''. This small [[rainforest]] tree species grows in [[subtropical]] rainforests of Eastern [[Australia]]. ''B. myrtifolia'' is also known as '''carrol''', '''carrol ironwood''', '''neverbreak''', '''ironwood''' or '''grey myrtle'''.
+''B.myrtifolia'' can grow up to 30 metres. The leaves are ovate or elliptic, 4-7 cm long, with a cinnamon-like odour. Flowers are star-shaped and borne in panicles.  The small papery fruit are bell-shaped.
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-Backhousia myrtifolia, Hook. & Harv. Large slender-branched shrub, or small tree: lvs. ovate-acuminate, stiff, pellucid-punctate: fls. white, in pedunculate corymbs, the younger ones partly concealed by the petaloid bracts; petals small, round-ovate, concave, acute; calyx hairy. Queensland and New S. Wales. B.M. 4133.
+Backhousia myrtifolia, Hook. & Harv. Large slender-branched shrub, or small tree: lvs. ovate-acuminate, stiff, pellucid-punctate: fls. white, in pedunculate corymbs, the younger ones partly concealed by the petaloid bracts; petals small, round-ovate, concave, acute; calyx hairy. Queensland and New S. Wales.
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 ===Propagation===
+Cuttings or fresh seed.
 ===Pests and diseases===