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Myoporum betcheanum L.S.Sm.
Family Scrophulariaceae
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.


Illustration
M. Flockton

Herbarium
Sheet

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
AVH map***

Text by R. J. Chinnock
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


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