Scientific Name: Geijera salicifolia
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Common Name:Scrub Wilga, Greenheart, Green Satinheart
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Type:
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Family:RUTACEAE
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Flowers:White, 5 petals, terminal panicles, June to July
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Fruit:Brown carpel, singly or in pairs
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Vegetation Type:Sub-tropical and dry rainforest
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Species List:Kin Kin Arboretum
Cultural Notes
Often left by farmers as a shade tree
Identification Notes
Leaves aromatic when crushed. Terminal buds long and pointed. Petioles deeply channelled. Leaves glossy dark green. Oil dots numerous
Associated Fauna
Butterfly host plant: Macleay's swallowtail, Orchard swallowtail, Dingy swallowtail, Capaneus butterfly, Blue triangle.