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Baloghia inophylla
Also called Bloodwood, Brush Bloodwood, Ivory Birch
Scrub bloodwood is a medium-sized rainforest tree from eastern Australia and New Caledonia, grown mainly for its glossy foliage and fragrant flowers. It is best given shade and humid, sheltered conditions in warm climates.
Baloghia inophylla, commonly known as the scrub bloodwood, brush bloodwood or ivory birch, is a plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, native to rainforests of eastern Australia and New Caledonia.
The scrub bloodwood occurs along almost the entire east coast of Australia, from Tilba Tilba in southern New South Wales, to Coen on Cape York Peninsula. It also occurs on Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands as well as New Caledonia. The habitat is tropical, subtropical and warm temperate rainforest. The altitudinal range in north Queensland is 400 to 900 m (1,300 to 3,000 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baloghia inophylla 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.
