Myoporum betcheanum L.S.Sm. APNI* Synonyms: Myoporum betcheanum var. pubescens L.S.Sm. APNI*
Description: Shrub or small tree to 8 m high, branches obscurely to prominently tuberculate, pubescent.
Leaves narrow-elliptic or rarely lanceolate, 4–16.5 cm long, 6–19 mm wide, apex attenuate, margins toothed to base, pubescent.
Flowers 1–8 in axils; pedicels 8–10 mm long. Sepals imbricate, triangular to lanceolate, 2–7 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide. Corolla c. 10 mm diam., white or pinkish, purple-spotted; lobes obtuse.
Fruit ovoid to depressed-globose, 4–6.5 mm long, 4.5–10 mm diam., smooth, white, often tinged pink.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in wet sclerophyll forest, in and on the margins of rainforest in mountain ranges; chiefly north from the Casino district.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by R. J. Chinnock
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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