Attractive and neat well formed erect shrub to small tree for woodland garden plantings, with reddish bark and yellow flowers. Widely distributed across the Top End in sandy soils and open forests. Wide indigenous uses including edible gum & seeds, soap, adhesive & pain relief. 2.5-5M
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Spectacular and hardy medium sized ornamental wattle in both flower and foliage. Attractive big elephant ear shaped green-grey leaves with showy bright yellow globular flowers. Iconic fast growing Top End wattle. Useful for filling, screening & centrepiece plantings. 4-7M
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Hardy, shapely and fast growing small to medium wattle with prolific blooms of showy pale yellow cylindrical flowers. Suitable for in filling, screening/shade and revegetation. 4-10M
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Graceful and shapely medium sized wattle with broad, rounded and shady evergreen canopy. Yellow flowers in dense, cylindrical spikes. Tolerates coastal forests, sandy soil, swampy habitats and freshwater streams. Wide indigenous uses including edible sap/gum. 7-10M
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Delicate slender wattle, endemic to the Top End. Pendulous and distinctive fine foliage, with pale yellow globular flowers. Useful for gardens, rockeries or in-filling. 3-6M
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Very hardy wattle with erect form & bluey-grey foliage. Profusion of bright yellow cylindrical spikes throughout the year. Useful cattle fodder & tough landscape/revegetation species. 4-6M
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Small & elegant fast growing wattle with pretty rounded bright yellow globular flowers. Useful for garden beds, rockeries, in filling and revegetation. 1-3M
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Medium sized fast growing & hardy ornamental shade tree. Featuring bright red bead seeds, useful for making soap & jewellery. Dense shade for rural properties & revegetation projects. 3-10M
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Australia's only Boab species. Synonymous with the Kimberley, but also native to the NT. Large feature tree with unique broad bottle-shaped trunk, deciduous, white flowers. Seeds and pith edible. Fast growing statement feature tree. 5-15M
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Medium decorative feature shrub or small tree with layered growth. Cream, strongly scented flowers borne in small clusters along the branches. Attracts numerous birds and butterflies. Tasty edible shiny bright red fruit. Cyclone resistant. Excellent filler, feature & screening tree. 4-10M
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NT Native rain tree. Very large feature tree with huge spreading symmetrical canopy. Hardy, fast growing and providing impressive shade. Highly scented white flowers. After several years establishing performs well with little water. Semi-deciduous. Excellent planting for rural properties and as cattle fodder. 10-15M
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Very large feature tree with huge spreading symmetrical canopy. Hardy, fast growing and providing impressive shade. Highly scented reddish-pink to cream-golden coloured flowers. After several years establishing performs well with little water. Excellent planting for rural properties and as cattle fodder. 18-30M
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One of the Top End's most impressive large cyclone & termite resistant shade trees. Majestic, dense & evergreen symmetrical canopy. Can live for over a hundred years. Important source of honey. Non invasive roots. An excellent large feature shade tree for rural properties or street & parkscape plantings. 15-20M
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Common NT medium sized, spreading deciduous rainforest tree. Providing splendid shade in bloom. Bird and butterfly attractant, fragrant small white flowers. Termite resistant. Excellent rural and revegetation planting. 5-15M
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One of the most popular and common large cyclone resistant shade trees in the Top End. Very handsome and stately feature specimen. Bird attractant, sweetly scented cream flowers and distinctive corky bark. 10-20M
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Handsome medium sized showy shrub to small tree, endemic to Arnhem Land and Kakadu, with beautifully scented foliage. Magnificent large bright yellow globular flowers with unique seed pods, an important nectar source for native bees.1-3M
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Small stately tree with fine, delicate weeping foliage. Bright showy yellow/orange globular flowers in numerous seed pods along branches. Crushed leaves smell like natural menthol, applied as a chest decongestant, inhaled for coughs, colds and headaches or rubbed in to treat aches and sprains. 2-5M
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Distinctive medium sized drought tolerant tree with clusters of beautiful soft, white flowers and papery textured winged fruits. Occurs in a variety of soil types in semi-arid regions and savanna woodlands. 6-10M
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Small slender tree with attractive pendulous foliage, long drooping cream-white flowers and unique papery winged fruits. A desirable small waterwise garden shrub or tree. Host plant for the Wattle or Miskin’s Blue Butterfly. 3-6M
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Distinctive & iconic feature shrub/small tree. The NT's only native Banksia. Beautiful large bright yellow decorative flowers which can be licked or sucked for nectar. Green-white holly shaped leaves, bird attractant. Ornate urban & rural feature planting. 3-7M
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