Scientific Name: Psydrax odorata forma odorata (was Canthium odoratum)

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  • Common Name:
    Shiny-leaved Canthium
  • Type:
    Shrub or small tree
  • Family:
    RUBIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, in large clusters, spring to summer
  • Fruit:
    Black, globose to 7 mm.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dryer rainforest
Identification Notes

Branchlets at 90 deg. to stem with swollen nodes Stipules to 8 mm Leaves opposite, stiff, thickened to 9 cm, glabrous, paler below. Domatia usually present

Associated Fauna

Often has hollow, swollen stems, inhabited by ants.