Flower buds. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flower and buds. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, planted near condobolin, NSW

Gum nuts and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Mature nuts. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Brooker & Kleinig, unknown place

Tree. Photo Don Wood, planted: at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Bark. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Brooker & Kleinig, Coolgardie, WA

Common Name

Silver Gimlet

Family

Myrtaceae

Notes

Tree to 10m tall.  Bark smooth, sometimes coppery.  Oil glands in the pith of the small branchlets.  Leaves aromatic when crushed, alternating up the stems, 7-12cm long, 8-25mm wide, hairless, flat, dull, glaucous to grey-green weathering to glossy, with a straight or curved point.  Flowers white, with 0 petals, in clusters of 3-7 at the bases of the leaves or along the stems.  Bud caps about the same length as the base.  Nuts that have dropped their seed have triangular protruding valves. Native to WA.

Description and photos in the CD/thumb drive Euclid

FloraBase description and photos:  http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5581