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Foliage:
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Leaves dark green above, pale below, aromatic.
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Flower:
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Summer/autumn, white colour, conspicuous stamens, perfumed, in terminal clusters.
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Fruit:
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Large urn shaped gumnut or capsule, 2-4cm across.
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Other features:
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Bark - rough, fibrous, grey and flaky, with charring from past fires. Red gum on trunk.
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Natural distribution:
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South-west Western Australia.
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Soils:
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Sandy/gravel/granite hills.
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Natural vegetation:
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Forests, Banksia woodland.
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Landcare use:
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Revegetation. Fast growing dominant tree. Resistant to Phytophthora dieback.
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Propagation:
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Seeds.
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Pests and diseases:
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Leaf miners, leaf blister sawfly, steel blue sawfly. Ramularia shoot blight.
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