About Geijera salicifolia Schott
Geijera salicifolia is a shrub or tree that usually reaches a height of 25 to 35 meters (82 to 115 feet). Hairs are sometimes present on its branches, flowers, and the lower surface of its leaves. Its leaves are narrow elliptic to egg-shaped, measuring 60 to 130 millimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches) long and 10 to 50 millimeters (0.39 to 1.97 inches) wide, growing on a channelled petiole that is 3 to 22 millimeters (0.12 to 0.87 inches) long. The flowers are arranged in loose clusters that are 20 to 180 millimeters (0.79 to 7.09 inches) long. Sepals are 0.5 to 1.2 millimeters (0.020 to 0.047 inches) long, and petals are 2 to 3 millimeters (0.079 to 0.118 inches) long. Flowering takes place from September to November. The fruit is oval to roughly spherical, 5 to 6 millimeters (0.20 to 0.24 inches) long, and contains a shiny black seed. This species, commonly called glasswood, grows in rainforest (including dry rainforest) and woodland, ranging from sea level up to 880 meters (2,890 feet) in altitude. It occurs in New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia. Within Australia, it is found from Coen in Queensland south to Budderoo National Park in New South Wales, and west to the north-east of the Northern Territory.
