Scientific Name: Lophostemon confertus

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  • Pronunciation:
    loff-OSS-te-mon con-FER-tus
  • Common Name:
    Brush Box
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Fringed white flowers to 20mm, spring, summer
  • Fruit:
    Bell-shaped woody capsule to 13mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Eucalypt Forest, Seacoast
  • Species List:
    SBHS, Arthur Harrold NR,FI Podberscek, Emu Mt., Cooroibah Airstrip, Coolum High, Mooloolaba TAFE, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Sunshine Beach Primary, Cooroy Primary School, NNP service road, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Old Tewantin, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, Eucalypt Forest Trees,TAFE, Girraween, NNP Palm Grove, Noosa Banks, Marcus Dunes, BHNR, Dandaloo, Noosa River NP, NNS Fern Track, Kin Kin Arboretum,, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,, RE 12.2.5. RE 12.3.2. RE 12.5.6. RE 12.8.9. RE12.8.20. RE 12.9-10.l. RE 12.9-10.17. RE 12.11.1. RE 12.11.2. RE 12.11.3. RE 12.11.5. RE 12.12.1. RE 12.12.2a. RE 12.12.15.
Cultural Notes

Yields good quality pale honey that candies easily. Favourite tree for bee-keepers || Excellent hardwood reasonably resisitant to termites and marine borers|| Honey Production: extra white to light amber, honey source medium pollen source minor.||

Identification Notes

Lower bark rough, upper bark is smooth and pink-fawn in colour. Adult leaves arranged in false whorls. Twigs exude a milky liquid when cut

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Common red-eye. Secondary koala habitat tree.

Landscaping Notes

Ornamental tree with interesting flowers, leaves and bark. Grow in a sunny position with well-drained soil. Widely used in streetscaping. Will tolerate adverse soil conditions, exposure and frost, and grows quickly, developing a bushy crown from an early age.