- Common Name: Creeping Boobialla
- Type: Shrub or small Tree
- Family: MYOPORACEAE
- Size: to 4 metres
- Flowers: White, occasionally with some pink
- Fruit: Pink/purple all year, Ovoid
- Vegetation Type: Tidal Wetland
- Species List: Bush food, NLTalks2010, Fraser Island, Janet, Johns, Seacoast, NNP Coastal, BHNR
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential: Bush food: Fruits bitterly Aromatic and salty-sweet.
Identification Notes
Leaves: Alternate 10 cm x 30 mm
Bark: dark, rough, corky.
Landscaping Notes
"Groundcover with attractive green foliage and small white flowers. Extremely hardy and able to spread quite a distance.
The best local native for densely covering bare ground." (Redlands Indigiscapes Centre)
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.
Associated Fauna
Birds eat Fruit.
