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Rhodamnia argentea
Also called Silver Malletwood, White Myrtle
Brown Malletwood (Rhodamnia argentea) is a mid-sized rainforest tree of eastern Australia, up to 30 m tall, grown mainly for its silvery-backed leaves and buttressed trunk. It is a species native to rainforest, so it needs shade or filtered light, moisture, and warmth.
Rhodamnia argentea is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Commonly known as malletwood, white myrtle, silver leaf, silver malletwood and white turpentine. The natural habitat is a variety of different rain forests, at sea level or in the adjacent ranges. It grows on sand, alluvium and volcanic based soils. It can be found from the Hastings River, New South Wales to Bowen, Queensland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhodamnia argentea 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.
