Scientific Name: Gaudium microcarpum

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  • Pronunciation:
    GOW-dee-um mike-row-CARP-um
  • Common Name:
    Small-fruited Tea Tree
  • Derivation:
    was Leptospermum microcarpum
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White 5-petalled flowers in spring to 10 mm
  • Fruit:
    Small capsules to 4 mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Montane
  • Species List:
    Emu Mt., Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah,
Identification Notes

Fruit: Small woody capsule, usually shed before next flowering. Bark: hard and fibrous. Leaves: stiff and pointed.