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Shatterwood

Backhousia sciadophora

Shatterwood
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Backhousia sciadophora is a common Australian tree, growing from near Dungog in New South Wales to near Kilcoy in southeast Queensland. Common names include shatterwood, ironwood, boomerang tree and Curracabark. The habitat of shatterwood is drier areas of rainforest in gorges and steep slopes, usually not on volcanic soils.

Other Backhousia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Backhousia sciadophora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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