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−|genus=Backhousia
+|familia=Myrtaceae
+|genus=Backhousia
|species=myrtifolia
|species=myrtifolia
+|common_name=Carrol, carrol ironwood, neverbreak, ironwood or grey myrtle
+|habit=tree
+|habit_ref=Wikipedia
+|Max ht box=30
+|Max ht metric=m
+|height_ref=Wikipedia
+|lifespan=perennial
+|features=evergreen, flowers
+|flowers=white
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
+|min_zone=9
+|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
+|max_zone=11
+|sunset_zones=Cinnamon myrtle flower and leaf.jpg
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|image_width=240
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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.
+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===
−Cuttings or fresh seed.
===Pests and diseases===
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