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'''Cinnamon myrtle''' is a [[spice]] form of ''Backhousia myrtifolia''. This small [[rainforest]] tree species grows in [[subtropical]] rainforests of Eastern [[Australia]]. ''B. myrtifolia'' is also known as '''carrol''', '''carrol ironwood''', '''neverbreak''', '''ironwood''' or '''grey myrtle'''. | '''Cinnamon myrtle''' is a [[spice]] form of ''Backhousia myrtifolia''. This small [[rainforest]] tree species grows in [[subtropical]] rainforests of Eastern [[Australia]]. ''B. myrtifolia'' is also known as '''carrol''', '''carrol ironwood''', '''neverbreak''', '''ironwood''' or '''grey myrtle'''. | ||
Revision as of 14:50, 29 March 2011
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| Height: | ⇕ | 30 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Features: | ✓ | evergreen, flowers |
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| USDA Zones: | 9 to 11 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | white |
Cinnamon myrtle is a spice form of Backhousia myrtifolia. This small rainforest tree species grows in subtropical rainforests of Eastern Australia. B. myrtifolia is also known as carrol, carrol ironwood, neverbreak, ironwood or grey myrtle.
B.myrtifolia can grow up to 30 metres. The leaves are ovate or elliptic, 4-7 cm long, with a cinnamon-like odour. Flowers are star-shaped and borne in panicles. The small papery fruit are bell-shaped.
Read about Backhousia myrtifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Backhousia myrtifolia, Hook. & Harv. Large slender-branched shrub, or small tree: lvs. ovate-acuminate, stiff, pellucid-punctate: fls. white, in pedunculate corymbs, the younger ones partly concealed by the petaloid bracts; petals small, round-ovate, concave, acute; calyx hairy. Queensland and New S. Wales.
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Cuttings or fresh seed.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Backhousia myrtifolia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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