Myrtaceae FAMILY

Leptospermum polygalifolium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Leptospermum polygalifolium is an evergreen shrub or a small tree that usually grows up to 3 metres tall, occasionally reaching 7 metres or more and developing a stout trunk[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. , 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a tea and source of wood. It is often grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a hedge. Introduced as an ornamental into Hawaii, Leptospermum polygalifolium has escaped from cultivation and become naturalized there and is now considered to be invaive and harmful to the environment[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales, Queensland

HabitatMontane areas, especially on fairly poor soils[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. , 156 Title Useful Wild Plants in Australia. Publication Author Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Publisher William Collins Pty Ltd. Sidney Year 1981 ISBN 0-00-216441-8 Description A very readable book. ]. Heaths and dry sclerophyll forests, usually on sandstones and deep sandy soils[ 265 Title Flora of the Sydney Region Publication Author Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Publisher Reed. Australia. Year 1993 ISBN 0730104001 Description Concise flora with little beyond an extensive key, species descriptions, very brief habitat description. ].