Myoporum montanum, commonly known as waterbush or boobialla, is a shrub native to Australia, New Guinea and Timor. The species is extremely variable in size growth habit and leaf form, with three primary forms recognised. Its occurrence in many places is restricted to coastal regions, watercourses and other locales with more reliable water supplies. It was this association with water that gave rise to the name water bush.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Waterbush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Myoporum acuminatum
- Myoporum sandwicense
- Myoporum insulare
- Myoporum tetrandrum
- Myoporum laetum
- Myoporum platycarpum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Myoporum
- Species
- Myoporum montanum
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