CAT-00071
Curry myrtle
Backhousia angustifolia
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Backhousia
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Herb / spice
- Latin name
- Backhousia angustifolia
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Curry myrtle
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/curry-leaf-myrtle-backhousia-angustifolia/ Open source ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00071
- Mature width
- 3m
- Native range
- Southeastern Queensland and northeastern NSW vine thicket and streamside habitat.
- Plant family
- Myrtaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 5m
- Native states
- NSW, QLD
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Dry fruits follow flowering.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Leaves for flavouring
- Flowering season
- Late spring.
- Brief description
- Dense evergreen aromatic shrub or small tree.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate once established; water in long dry periods.
- Preparation notes
- Use identified fresh or dried aromatic leaves sparingly as flavouring.
- Flower description
- White flowers with numerous fluffy stamens, in clusters.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising with mulch, drainage and summer water.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Small dry fruits; aromatic leaves are the food crop.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded