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|genus=Backhousia  
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|familia=Myrtaceae
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|genus=Backhousia
 
|species=myrtifolia
 
|species=myrtifolia
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|common_name=Carrol, carrol ironwood, neverbreak, ironwood or grey myrtle
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|habit=tree
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|habit_ref=Wikipedia
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|Max ht box=30
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|Max ht metric=m
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|height_ref=Wikipedia
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|lifespan=perennial
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|features=evergreen, flowers
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|flowers=white
 
|Temp Metric=°F
 
|Temp Metric=°F
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|min_zone=9
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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|max_zone=11
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|sunset_zones=Cinnamon myrtle flower and leaf.jpg
 
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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'''.
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''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.
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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. B.M. 4133.
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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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===Propagation===
 
===Propagation===
 
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Cuttings or fresh seed.
    
===Pests and diseases===
 
===Pests and diseases===