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Lemon myrtle
Backhousia citriodora
About
Backhousia citriodora, commonly known as lemon myrtle, lemon scented myrtle or lemon scented ironwood, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to the subtropical rainforests of central and south-eastern Queensland, Australia, with a natural distribution from Mackay to Brisbane.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Backhousia citriodora
- Slug
- backhousia-citriodora
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Backhousia
- Species
- citriodora
- Wikidata QID
- Q2708073
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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