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Backhousia gundarara

Backhousia gundarara is a tree in the myrtle family, known only from a single population in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a rare wild species rather than a commonly cultivated garden plant.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Temperature
Subtropical climate; cold tolerance not documented
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

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Backhousia gundarara is a tree in the family Myrtaceae. The only known population occurs in the Kimberley region in Western Australia.

Other Backhousia plants

Backhousia angustifolia · Johnstone River Hardwood · Australian Lemon Myrtle · Backhousia enata · Backhousia hughesii · Backhousia kingii · Carrol · Backhousia oligantha · Shatterwood · Giant Ironwood · Backhousia tetraptera · Backhousia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Backhousia gundarara by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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