Backhousia sciadophora

Backhousia sciadophora
Barrington Tops, New South Wales, Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Backhousia
Species:
B. sciadophora
Binomial name
Backhousia sciadophora

Backhousia sciadophora is a common Australian tree, growing from near Dungog in New South Wales to near Kilcoy in southeast Queensland. Common names include shatterwood, ironwood, boomerang tree and Curracabark. The habitat of shatterwood is drier areas of rainforest in gorges and steep slopes, usually not on volcanic soils.