Myoporum tenuifolium

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Ηabitat

FA Hedgerows

I2 Parks

X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)

X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)

X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

X25 Domestic gardens (rural)

Global distribution

Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria), New Caledonia, South Africa (I) (Cape Prov. (I)), Ethiopia (I), Namibia (I), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I), Porto Santo Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I)), Baleares (I), Sardinia (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Tunisia (I) 118140 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Frequently used in farmland and garden hedges (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Establishment status

Not Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual.

First detection year

1970

Impacts

Negative

Problems arise from the heavy fruit falling during summer, especially in car parks (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn

Pathway detail

Introduced by plant nursery owners durng the 1970s (Georgiades 1995).

References

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.