WILGA

Small to medium tree to 9m tall, with a large, often rounded, dense canopy with drooping branches often reaching to ground level. It is also a common tree in the Upper Darling Basin. Often seen growing close to or under other trees.

Leaves - strongly aromatic when crushed, alternate, hairless, 6-18cm long, 4-7mm wide. Shiny and dark-green, with a prominent midrib and ditted with oil glands.

Flowers - white, small, 5 petalled, about 3mm diameter, in open terminal panicles. The smell has been described as foetid, but also as citrus-scented and attracts insects.

Fruit - is more or less spherical, 4–5 mm in diameter, each containing a single shiny black.

Flowering June to November.

Indigenous uses – The Kamilaroi people used to boil the leaves and use the concoction to heal sores.