Myoporum platycarpum

R.Br. Sugarwood
Prodr.: 516 (1810)
Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present
Origin Native
Degree of establishment Native

Shrub or tree to c. 10 m high, glabrous; branches sparsely or rarely densely tuberculate, viscid. Leaves alternate, scattered, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, mostly 3–9 cm long, 3–14 mm wide, often falcate, apex acute to acuminate, uncinate, margins dentate in upper half, entire in lower half; petiolate. Inflorescences 4–11-flowered; pedicels 4–6 mm long, glabrous, viscid. Sepals triangular, 0.5–1 mm long, acute, valvate, glabrous, viscid; corolla 3.5–16 mm long, glabrous outside, inside of lobes and upper part of tube villous, white, often tinged purplish-pink, spotted or unspotted; stamens exserted; ovary and style glabrous. Fruit ovate, 4–5.5 mm long, 3–3.5 mm wide, compressed, acute.

LoM, MuM, Wim, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, Gold.

2 subspecies, both in Victoria.

Source:

Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Myoporaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae‍, pp. 528–539. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Myoporum platycarpum (hero image) Spinning
Myoporum platycarpum (distribution map) Spinning