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Myoporum betcheanum, commonly known as mountain boobialla is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is a shrub or small tree with long, narrow leaves that are a darker green on their upper surface than the lower. Its flowers have five white petals and are arranged in small groups in the leaf axils. The fruits which follow are more or less spherical, soft, cream coloured drupes. As its common name suggests, this plant is restricted to higher places, around 1,000 metres (3,000 ft) above sea level. It occurs in the McPherson Range and nearby mountains of New South Wales and Queensland.
Myoporum betcheanum is an attractive species for the garden because although the flowers are small, they are profuse and appear over an extended period. It is readily propagated from cuttings.
Myoporum betcheanum occurs on the edges of rainforest and in wet forests at 850–1,100 metres (3,000–4,000 ft) above sea level in mountains of the Great Dividing Range north of Casino in New South Wales and in the McPherson Range and nearby mountains in Queensland.
Mangrove Boobialla · Myoporum bateae · Myoporum boninense subsp. australe · Boobialla · Myoporum bontioides · Myoporum brevipes · Myoporum caprarioides · Myoporum cordifolium · Myoporum crassifolium · Myoporum floribundum · Common Boobialla · Ngaio tree
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myoporum betcheanum 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.
