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Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq.
Helicopter Tree

Reference
Select.Stirp.Amer.Hist. 282 (1763)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree, to 12 m high. Fl. cream, Jan to Mar. Sandy, skeletal soils. Alluvial plains, sandplains, rocky outcrops, limestone.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pindanland, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.