Oil Bush: Fruit Splitting

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Soapberries (Sapindales)

Family:

Citrus (Rutaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Oil Bush (Geijera linearifolia)

This Photo:

Fruit Splitting

Other name:

Sheep Bush

Thank you Dr Kym Nicolson for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
A plain looking, woody, large bush.
Has very small white flowers, with small spherical black fruit. Each fruit is encased in a protective skin that sheds when ripe.
Leaves are long, thin and pale green.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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