Geraldton Wax (Chamelaucium uncinatum) in cultivation in King's Park, Perth, Western Australia. Photographed on 20 August 1977.Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.
Family: EuphorbiaceaeDistribution:Indian subcontinent and China, in scrubs and along ravines.1-2m tall shrubs.Leaves elliptic-obovate, distichous,1.5-3x1.3-2.5cm,Flowers 0.5-1cm across, greenish yellow, unisexual, male flowers in axillary fascicles, females solitary.Drupes 0.8-1.2cm across, globose.This is the fruiting twig. Photographed at Nellore.
Also placed in the Styphelia genus, and a feature of highlands from Malaysian to Australia. Photo from timberline of Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo. n context at www.dixpix.ca/indonesia/flora/heath/index.html