Milky Box

Lophostemon lactifluus

(F.Muell.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. Species

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Botanical name
Lophostemon lactifluus
Also known as
Milky Box, Swamp Mahogany
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Lophostemon
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Milky Box

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Lophostemon lactifluus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Tristania lactiflua

Others in Lophostemon

Lophostemon confertus
Brisbane-Box
Lophostemon grandiflorus subsp. riparius
Lophostemon suaveolens
Swamp Terpentine
Lophostemon grandiflorus
Lophostemon grandiflorus subsp. grandiflorus

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