Uses: Very ornamental and distinguished specimen plant, good in pots. Requires good drainage. Adapted to going through fires - trunk blackened but not damaged. Very slow growing with large specimens expensive to purchase. European settlers harvested the resinous gum to make varnishes and lacquers. This plant is susceptible to and a good indicator of Phytophthora cinnamomi.
Note: Seeds attract yellow tailed black cockatoos, nectar attracts other birds, habitat for mammals and lizards.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act and requires written SA Water approval prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.