Scientific Name: Mallotus claoxyloides

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  • Common Name:
    Green Kamala, Smell of the Bush
  • Type:
  • Family:
    EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest
  • Species List:
    Upper Yandina Creek,
Identification Notes

Leaves: broad and shallowly toothed. Paler below with pair of smal glands near the base of the upper blade surface.||Young shoots and backs of leaves usually softly hairy.||Flowers: male and female on separate plants.||

Landscaping Notes

Small tree for average soil in sun or part shade. Pruning will enhance shape. Suckering habit makes it useful visual or wind break.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||