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Myoporum boninense Koidz.
Family Scrophulariaceae
Common name: Boobialla

Myoporum boninense Koidz. APNI*

Description: Glabrous prostrate to erect shrub to 2 m high, branches non-tuberculate or rarely obscurely tuberculate.

Leaves with a distinct petiole-like base, lamina elliptic, ovate to obovate or oblanceolate, rarely ± circular, 1.2–7 cm long, 5.5–36 mm wide, apex acute or obtuse, margins entire, surfaces concolorous, shiny, glabrous.

Flowers 1–8 in axils; pedicels 10–15 mm long. Sepals valvate or slightly imbricate, ovate to triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide. Corolla 6–8 mm diam., white, unspotted; lobes obtuse.

Fruit ovoid to globose, 5–10 mm long, 5–8 mm diam., smooth, light purple.


Flowering: spring–summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in coastal heath, often on coastal cliffs and on sand dunes or in Casuarina woodland near estuarine inlets; north from Eden.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by R. J. Chinnock
Taxon concept:

One subspecies in NSW : Myoporum boninense subsp. australe

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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