Syncarpia Glomulifera Seeds "Turpentine Tree"

SYNCARPIA GLOMULIFERA     “Turpentine Tree” 

Family: Myrtaceae. 

Sprouting: 14-28 days. 

A tree to 60m, the cream flowers appear in Spring.  Commonly known as the turpentine tree, or yanderra.  Native to New South Wales and Queensland. It generally grows on heavier soil. When crushed, the leaves have a taste and smell like turpentine. Believed to live up to 500 years, the Turpentine regenerates after bushfire by resprouting from its lignotuber and epicormic buds. The flowers are pollinated by native bees and European honeybees, and possibly flies and moths. The flowers are pollinated by the grey-headed flying fox and little red flying fox. It’s nectar is sought after by the rainbow lorikeet and noisy miner.

Uses

Highly durable, turpentine timber is used in heavy-traffic flooring, for poles and wharves. It resists marine invertebrates and termites, and is one of the most difficult timbers to ignite. A hardy and adaptable tree, turpentine tolerates heavy soils and frosts, and is suitable for large gardens and parks, where it provides good shade with its dense canopy.” Information retrieved from Wikipedia 21 January 2020 

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons; retrieved 29 May 2024 –1.44pm AEST and edited using Canva.

****Please note: these are seeds (we are NOT selling these as live plants). Quarantine restrictions and costs prohibit us from selling these seeds to WA, Tas, and Internationally.