Mallee Sugarwood,
Mallee Sandalwood
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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| Tintinara (NCP04) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii); D2) (Probable Decline) [often single plants; remnants] |
| Broughton (FLB02) | | Least Concern [Localised] |
| Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Data Deficient [DD] |
| Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Data Deficient [DD] |
| St Vincent (EYB02) | | Data Deficient [DD] |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Least Concern |
| Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
| Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
| Braemer (MDD07) | | Data Deficient [DD] |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
| Tintinara (NCP04) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| 3 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Vulnerable , Data Deficient |
| 4 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare , Data Deficient |
| 5 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Rare , Vulnerable , Data Deficient |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Common names
Mallee Sugarwood
Mallee Sandalwood
Etymology
Greek 'myo' I close and 'poros' pore, refers to the plants ablity to reduce water loss, and Greek 'platys' flat, 'carpos' fruit
Distribution and status
Grows in low mallee woodlands on red or brown sandy or clay loams or occasionally on sand dunes
Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
A tall multistemmed shrub or rarely a small tree 1–10m. Branches of mature trees not flexuous, leaves alternate, scattered, linear-lanceolate, 30–90mm wide, 3–10 mm long, glabrous. Flowers 4–11 per axil, corolla longer than 8mm ing diameter, lobes equal or longer than tube, white. Flowering August – November. Fruits are fruit ovate, pale yellow or brown, compressed, 4–5.5 mm long, 3–3.5 mm wide, apex acute, glabrous. Seed embryo type is straight
Seed collection and propagation
Collect seeds between February and April. Collect as the outside of the fruit becomes soft and the seed are gaining colour.
| Location | No. of seeds
(weight grams) | Number
of plants | Date
collected | Collection number
Collection location | Date
stored | % Viability | Storage
temperature | | BGA | 6,900 (22.65 g) | | 23-Oct-2013 | NRD34
Murray | 1-Jan-2016 | 20% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
Germination table:
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