Small, pretty and hardy garden shrub with layered and spreading growth. Delicate jasmine like white tubular flowers, with petals in rotating pattern. Unique orange banana shaped fruit. Delicate bushy & attractive low garden bed planting. 1-3M
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Large evergreen shade and specimen tree, dense green grey foliage, tangy edible fruit eaten raw or used in cooking. Useful for shade, parks and rural properties. Very common & hardy Darwin streetscape planting. 10-15M
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Small compact and pretty evergreen tree with dense glossy foliage useful for screening and mixed native plantings. Tolerates part shade in moist areas and useful understory planting. Endangered in the NT, known only from small monsoon rainforest patches on Tiwi Islands. 4-5M
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Pretty evergreen shrub with bright yellow flowers and needle thin, yellow-green broom-like pendulous foliage. Useful revegetation species and urban planting for its colour and delicate slender form. Timber used to make Woomeras. 2-3M
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Lovely small spreading shrub endemic to arid northern Australia. Soft silky grey bluish foliage and pink to purple pea flowers produced throughout the year. Extremely hardy, small colourful and unique garden planting. Requires full sun. 1-2M
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Medium sized semi-deciduous Daly River/VRD shade tree with pendulous branches & weeping form. Green-cream flowers. Black nuts & small edible kernel. Can tolerate periodic inundation. Cattle fodder. 5-10M
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Lovely small semi-deciduous tree with cream/white flowers, silver grey foliage and winged fruits. Renowned for ‘Jilungin Tea’ a digestive tonic, relaxant & deep sleep aid with a mild earthy flavour & aroma. Reportedly containing antioxidant levels similar to, or exceeding Green Tea. 6-8M
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Medium sized spreading deciduous tree with tasty edible green fruit when ripe. Sap is eaten when fresh or softened over coals. One of the less common edible Terminalia shade tree species for urban & rural plantings. 6-10M
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Attractive large deciduous Top End tree, with bold & distinctive layered branching providing excellent shade. Edible nut kernel favoured bush tucker, and gorged on by cockatoos. Found across Africa, Northern Australia and along beaches of Bali. Excellent fast growing rural planting. 8-12M
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Small sized plum tree with attractive dense evergreen foliage. Preferred habitat alongside creeks & river margins, often growing with freshwater mangrove. Cream flowers followed by edible oval red fruit. The smallest of the edible Terminalia. 4-6M
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Tall riverine tree with attractive large leaves, layered form and purple ripe sweet edible fruit. Sap chewed or sucked like toffee. Smaller cousin of the Indian Almond and a common streetscape tree & rural planting. 5-10M
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A top ten NT Native grass. Tufted leafy & perennial. Bluish-yellow green, maturing to yellowish-brown to red. Important addition to species mix for revegetation projects, weed control and for creating finch habitat. Best planted in multiples. 2M
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Medium sized compact tree with graceful & attractive form. Delicate foliage & white heavily scented tube shaped flowers. Unique green-brown edible fruit. Suited to moister locations. A terrific medium sized planting for urban and rural garden beds. 8-12M
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Perennial, hardy clumping grass from Sth West NT. A bold, tough & useful ornamental planting, for feature landscapes & erosion stabilisation. Important grass for creating finch habitat. Best planted in multiples. 0.8M
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Perennial, hardy clumping grass. A bold, tough & useful ornamental planting, for feature landscapes & erosion stabilisation. Important grass for creating finch habitat. Best planted in multiples. 1M
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Perennial, hardy clumping grass from arid NT. A bold, tough & useful ornamental planting, for feature landscapes & erosion stabilisation. Important grass for creating finch habitat. Best planted in multiples. 2M
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Beautiful small ornamental tree with large bursts of showy white fragrant flowers through most of the year, and rich glossy foliage. Highly regarded for its sweetly scented blooms. Requires deep rich soils. Suited to moist, semi shaded locations in rural and urban gardens. 4-8M
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Beautiful small decorative shrub with prolific bursts of showy fine feather like flowers. An excellent hardy & delicate specimen for gardens, filling and feature areas. 2-5M
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Moderate-sized hardy & spreading semi-deciduous shade tree. Unique tubular orchid-like cream flowers with mauve-purple throat. Highly regarded smooth sweet edible fleshy berries eaten raw, cooked or dried. Important host tree for Native Hawk Moth. Excellent parkland, coastal, monsoon forest & open forest woodland planting. Can be larger but generally 7-12M
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Lovely ground cover with green-grey leaves and gorgeous purple to white radiating flowers. Hardy, salt tolerant and waterwise creeping specimen for rural & urban garden beds, borders & weed control as well as streetscapes and coastal areas. 0.2-0.5M
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