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Backhousia citriodora: Quiz
  
  

Question 1: The harvested leaves are dried for leaf ________, or distilled for the essential oil.
Afghan spice rubSpiceHerbBouquet garni

Question 2: The citral chemotype is more prevalent and is cultivated in Australia for flavouring and ________.
Essential oilAromatherapyPerfumePeppermint

Question 3: The ________ are creamy-white, 5–7 mm diameter, produced in clusters at the ends of the branches from summer through to autumn, after petal fall the calyx is persistent.
FlowerFlowering plantSeedFruit

Question 4: Penfold and R.Grant, Technological Museum, ________.
SydneyMelbourneBrisbaneStadium Australia

Question 5: 1853 – Scientifically named Backhousia citriodora by botanist, ________, with the genus named after friend, James Backhouse, quaker missionary and botanist.
George BenthamBurke and Wills expeditionFerdinand von MuellerEucalyptus

Question 6: use B.citriodora oil as a lemon flavouring during ________.
World War IICollaboration with the Axis Powers during World War IISecond Sino-Japanese WarSoviet occupations

Question 7: The common name reflects the strong ________ smell of the crushed leaves.
Lime (fruit)Orange (fruit)CitrusLemon

Question 8: The majority of commercial lemon myrtle is grown in Queensland and the north coast of ________, Australia.
Australian Capital TerritoryNew South WalesTasmaniaVictoria (Australia)

Question 9: 1920s – Discovery of ________ qualities of steam-distilled B.citriodora oil, by A.R.
AntimicrobialAntiviral drugAntibiotic resistanceAntibiotic

Question 10: Lemon myrtle essential oil possesses ________ properties; however the undiluted essential oil is toxic to human cells in vitro.
Antibiotic resistanceAntiviral drugAntimicrobialAntibiotic
















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