Myoporum platycarpum
| Sugarwood | |
|---|---|
| Myoporum platycarpum growing near Cocklebiddy in the Nuytsland Nature Reserve | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Myoporum |
| Species: | M. platycarpum |
| Binomial name | |
| Myoporum platycarpum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Myoporum platycarpum, known by several common names including sugarwood, false sandalwood and ngural is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is rounded with bright green foliage as a young shrub and roughly fissured, dark grey bark when mature. Sugarwood is endemic to the southern half of continental Australia.