Excoecaria parvifolia

Excoecaria parvifolia
in Bradshaw Field Training Area
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Excoecaria
Species:
E. parvifolia
Binomial name
Excoecaria parvifolia
Synonyms

Excoecaria agallocha var. muelleriana Baill.

Excoecaria parvifolia is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland It is also known as the guttapercha tree, although it is botanically unrelated to the Southeast Asian gutta-percha (Palaquium gutta).

It was first described by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1864, from a specimen collected by Ferdinand von Mueller in Arnhem Land.

It is found across northern Australia, from northern Western Australia, the north of the Northern Territory, to northern Queensland, growing on seasonally waterlogged clay flats, and occasionally on semi-saline soils.

It flowers in the early wet season with fruits appearing from January to April.