SECONDARY/MATURE, Rainforest species

Argyrodendron actinophyllum - Black Booyong

One of the largest buttressed trees of our native rainforest. Very attractive tree for planting in large gardens or rainforest restoration. Has proved quiet cold tolerant in recent frosts.

Podocarpus elatus - Ilawarra Plum Pine

Attractive rainforest pine that bears greenish seeds on swollen edible stalks. The purple fruit are grape like with a sweet juicy pulp with a subtle plum flavour. The slightly resinous fruit can be used for both sweet and savoury recipes. It is an attractive hedge due to its contrasting dark and lime green foliage. The timber is popular as a cabinet making.

Ficus obliqua - Small Leaved Fig

This is a large spreading strangling fig with a dense shady crown.  It is an excellent bird attracting tree and is beautiful if grown in a container or used for bonsai.

Endriandra pubens - Hairy Walnut

Low bushy tree, occasionally reaching upto 30m. Shows admirable timber qualities and beautiful red fruits and attractive coppery new growth. The nuts can be used as a bush food after specific preparation.

Argyrodendron trifoliolatum - White Booyong

Large buttressed tree in natural conditions, much smaller in cultivation. New growth is bronze-pink, foliage is dense. Hardy in full sun if ample water is available, otherwise, prefers shade when young.

Diploglottis australis - Native Tamarind

This slender tree is crowned with large velvety leaves when young. The fruit of Native Tamarind is yellow-brown and hairy. The flesh is a yellow-orange colour, is sour but pleasant, and has been used in making jams. Bird attracting.

Dysoxylum fraseranum - Rosewood

Medium sized tree with scaly bark. Round fruits are cream tinged with pink that split into 3 or 4 segments when ripe. Excellent cabinet timber.

Toechima dasyrrhache - Blunt-leafed Steelwood

Small tidy tree with slender trunk and compact crown. Red fruits are bird attractive. Suitable as a street tree. Hardy in full sun.

Hill's weeping fig

These large evergreen trees have short main trunks or several main trunks supporting a dense canopy of lustrous dark green leaves on slightly pendulous branches. They produce small green figs which ripen to salmon pink. 20m

Syzygium oleosum - Blue Lilly Pilly

A native tree with delightful purple fruit this is a favourite of the lilly pilly group. The delicate fruit is aromatic with a sweetish slightly gingery or turpentine flavour. Fruit is spongy and delicate. The glossy green leaves have numerous large oil glands that give a distinctive smell when crushed and distinguish it from other lilly pillies.

Dysoxylum rufum - Hairy Rosewood

Sub-tropical and dry rainforest tree, attractive shade tree for large gardens and parks. Flowers are pleasantly perfumed when young but odour becomes offensive with age. Small to medium tree in cultivated state, fast growing when young.

Synoum glandulosum - Scentless Rosewood

This is a very bushy tree used in regrowth areas. It features reddish-brown, fine and scaly and a distinctive aqua hue to some of the flakes. The trunk is often crooked. The red fruit is an important food tree for birds during the spring months.

Geissois biagana - Northern Brush Mahogany

Large butressed tree common to north Qld rainforests. Very ornamental in summer with appealing red flushes and heavy clusters of cream flowers. Prefers cooler mountain climate.

Brachychiton acerifolia - Flame Tree

A spectacular native rainforest tree for large gardens. Bright green, shiny, palmate shaped leaves with red bell-shaped flowers in summer. Flowers best after a hot dry summer. Tolerant of most soil types and positions.

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Brachychiton populneus - Kurrajong

A hardy tree for drier sites frequently grown for shade or stock fodder. Cream flowers in spring.

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Cassia brewsteri - Leichhardt Bean

This tree has beautiful 30cm sprays of yellow-orange flowers in summer. Drought resistant. Pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, silver eyes and Australian ravens feed on this species.

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Cryptocarya macdonaldii - Macdonalds Laurel

Found in wetter areas of dry rainforest and lowland rainforest in sth Qld and Nth NSW. Yellow flowers in summer followed by bird attracting fruit in autumn / winter. Large tree to 20m.

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Cryptocrya triplinervis - Three-veined Cryptocarya

An excellent small spreading tree for coastal planting or other sites with very good drainage. Dense clusters of small greenish flowers are followed by bird attracting black fruit.

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Elaeocarpus obovatus - Hard quandong

A fast growing dry rainforest tree suitable for larger gardens and windbreaks. Attractive in both flower and fruit. Aborigines made necklaces out of the seed after eating the flesh. The fruit is attractive to birds, especially silvereyes.

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Richmond Birdwing Vine

A large vine of temperate subtropical rainforests. The vine attracts one of the largest and most spectacular butterflies the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly which is considered an endangered species. This is the only food source for the catterpillars of this butterfly and is essential for the survival of the species.  Plants require support on which to climb, a trellis, a fence or over a stump.

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Castanospora alphandi - Brown Tamarind

A good shade tree with glossy, dark green foliage. Needs well-drained soil in a partially shaded position. Makes an excellent indoor plant. Leaves are pale grey and have a felt-like feel underneath.

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Archirhodomyrtus becklari - Rose Myrtle

This shrub has a graceful weeping habit with aromatic leaves and smothered with delicate, perfumed pink flowers. Attractive to nectar and fruit eating birds. Very hardy growing in less fertile sites, full sun and part shade.

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Tree Waratah - Alloxylon flammeum

This is one of the most stunning rainforest trees with a spectacular flowering in spring.  Adapting well to cool climates the tree waratah will happily flower as far south as Melbourne.  It will flower most prolifically if grown in full sun in deep rich  soil with extra water given in periods of hot dry weather.

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Endriandra globosa - Black Walnut ST

Tall shrub to medium sized tree native to subtropical rainforest Northern NSW.

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Peanut Tree

A handsome compact tree reaching 5-10m, with spectacular seed pod - fire engine red lining with deep black edible peanut flavoured nuts. The tree will ususally fruit within 2-3 years. Semi deciduous in the subtropical climates.

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Alloxylon flammeum - Tree Waratah

This is one of the most stunning rainforest trees with a spectacular flowering in spring.  Adapting well to cool climates the tree waratah will happily flower as far south as Melbourne.  It will flower most prolifically if grown in full sun in deep rich  soil with extra water given in periods of hot dry weather.

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Cryptocarya erythroxylon - Pigeonberry Ash

This large buttressed tree is found in the subtropical rainforests north of the Willilams River.

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Rhodamnia argentea - Silver Myrtle

Small to medium-sized tree. Green glossy leaves with a dull whitish underside. Attractive black round fruits.

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Black Apple - Pouteria australis

A tall tree with a fluted trunk and bushfood potential. This tree produces a small apple-sized fruit that is eaten by rainforest mammals. The edible flesh is a rich red, however but not particularly tasty.

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Syzygium australe - Brush Cherry

A seedling form of the variety 'Hunchy'. A compact shrub to around 3m tall and 1m wide. Masses of white flowers followed by berries in Summer and Autumn.

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Backhousia citriodora - Lemon scented myrtle

The lemon myrtle occurs naturally throughout coastal Qld rainforests. It is a spectacular ornamental tree due to both its appearance and the superb fragrance. The leaves and flowers are used in cooking and as a refreshing tea. This selection is a Limpinwood cutting grown selection with high volatile oil content.

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Brachychiton acerifolius Flame Tree - Grafted

The spectacular flame tree can take up to 6 years to flower, however the grafted specimen will start to bloom in as little as 3 years.

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Acronychia wilcoxiana - Silver Aspen

Bushy small tree with dark, shiny leaves and pretty white edible fruit. Hardy in coastal areas in full sun, provided water is available.

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Adenanthera pavonina - Red Sandlewood

This tree has racemes of fragrant, light-yellow blossoms. The slender flattened pods become twisted as they split open at maturity to release up to 12 brilliant red, lens shaped, extremely hard seeds. The hard red wood is ideal for cabinet making. 15m

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Alectryon tomentosus - Hairy Birds Eye

Medium sized tree to 18m with a spreading open canopy. An important food source for blue butterflies. Hardy.

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Araucaria bidwilli - Bunya Pine

Handsome large tree for parks and gardens. Has large edible nuts and is cold tolerant. A symmetrical pine suitable for container growing. Full sun.

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Araucaria cunninghamii - Hoop pine

This is the tallest of the native pines and it is quite capable of reaching heights of more than 40 meters making it an impressive addition to my garden. It is a wonderful bird-attracting tree, as they love to nest in its protective prickly foliage and is an excellent host for lots of native orchid species.

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Archontophoenix alexandre - Alexander Palm

A tall slender palm with a distinctive swollen base. The white underside of the fronds separates it from the similar A. cunninghamiana. Needs protection from both frost and full sun.

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Argyrodendron polyandrous - Tulip Oak

A large bushy tree with attractive foliage particularly in windy weather

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Backhousia anisata - Aniseed Myrtle

This stunning rainforest tree has strong aniseed scented leaves that make a delicious refreshing aniseed tea. The leaves are often used for flavouring desserts, sauces and preserves.

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Barklya syringifolia - Barklya

A spectacular small tree with brilliant yellow flowers in spring. Slow growing but worth the wait. Shiny heart-shaped leaves are pale green, creating a dense shady canopy.

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Brachychiton bidwilli - Grafted

The large, bell-shaped flowers are usually deep pink and occur in clusters at the ends of the branches. The flowers are very spectacular and are followed by seed capsules which contain many large seeds.

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Brachychiton discolor - Lacebark

The large, bell-shaped flowers are usually deep pink and occur in clusters at the ends of the branches. The flowers are very spectacular and are followed by seed capsules which contain many large seeds.

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Callerya megasperma - Native Wistaria

Prolific purple flowers, like the introduced Wistaria, however the leaves are retained all year. It is very showy, fast-growing and a reliable climber. It can cope with cold once established and requires strong supports to grow.

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Cassia brewsteri var marksiana - Brush Cassia

Rare cassia, native to North NSW and South Qld, found in lowland subtropical rainforest. Dark bushy tree to 10m with spectacular showers of golden flowers in spring time.

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Ceratopetalum apetalum - Coachwood

Small rainforest tree native to subtropical through to warm temperate rainforest, prefering coller areas. Usually reaches 10-12m in open gardens. Fast growing and flowers early with striking cream/peach coloured flowers.

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Cinnamomium oliverii - Oliver's sassafras

Very handsome, shapely tree with dark, wavy, scented leaves. New growth is striking. Foliage retained to the ground. Tolerates a wide range of conditions but looks best in partial shade

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Clausena sp. Hervey Bay

An uncommon attractive shrub native to Sth Qld and NNSW. Growing to 3-4m, it produces masses of small white flowers followed by an edible fruit.

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Cryptocarya obovata - Pepperberry Tree, White Walnut

A large bushy tree with attractive foliage. Birds love the black fruits

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Cupaniopsis flagelliformis - Brown Tuckeroo

During spring it bears long sprays of small pink flowers followed by attractive yellowish three lobed fruit, which open to show glossy black seed set in an orange aril.

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Cupaniopsis parvifolia - Small leaved Tuckeroo

A hardy small tree with a spreading crown creating good shade. Small panicles of pale flowers are followed by bird-attracting fruits. Tough in drier sites, reasonably fast requiring little care.

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Darlingia darlingiana (Brown Silky Oak)

Rainforest tree native to North QLD. Very bushy and attractive tree with large glossy leaves and fragrant, nectar-rich, creamy-white flowers.

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Davidsonia puriens - Davidsons Plum

Outstanding small tree for warm position or indoors. Large pinnate leaves & many-trunked habit make it a striking specimen plant. The edible purple fruits make excellent jam. Prefers some shade.

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Dimocarpus australianus - Native Lychee

This rare species is a sml-med attractive tree 8-15m naturally occuring in Nth QLD. A sought after bushfood with a large edible juicy aril that resembles the asian lychee in taste. Prefers protected position in sub/ tropical gardens.

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Diospyros australis - Black Plum

Shrub or small tree whose leaves are dark green on the upper surface and yellowish below. Small yellow flowers are followed by shiny black berries for the birds in late summer and autumn. 4 to 10m

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Diploglottis diphyllistegia (S/T)

This slender tree is crowned with large velvety leaves when young. The fruit of Native Tamarind is yellow-brown and hairy. The flesh is a yellow-orange colour, is sour but pleasant, and has been used in making jams. Bird attracting.

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Dysoxylum mollissimum - Red Bean

(Previously Dysoxylum muelleri) Native rainforest tree used for cabinet making. The heart wood is a rich red colour and resembles Rosewood or Rose Mahogony but lacks the odour of that wood

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Elaeocarpus reticularis - Blueberry ash

Small upright tree with masses of dainty, white, fringed bell flowers followed by bird attractive blue berries. Hardy.

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Ficus virens - White Fig

Medium-sized to large tree, A strangler in lowland subtropical rainforest from the Clarence in NSW to northern QLD.

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Ficus watkinsiana - Strangler fig

As a strangler fig the seeds germinate high in the canopy of the rainforest on a limb or in the fork of a tree.  The small trees sends out ariel roots which head for the ground where they take root and begin the process of strangling the host tree, this can take 100 years or more to completely rot the original tree leaving a latice work of roots and a hollow trunked fig tree.  They can be grown as a free standing tree provided they have plenty of room, makes a lovely indoor potted plant or bonsai.  Fruits are edible.

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Geissois benthamiana - Red Carabeen

A large impressive buttressed rainforest tree best suited to cool mountain situations. Fast growing with an attractive red flush.

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Grevillea baileyana - White Oak

A rainforest tree to 8m. Tree is covered in creamy cylindrical flower spikes in late spring. Large glossy green leaves, divided when young. Underside is gold changing to a silvery grey. Attractive all year round.

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Harpullia hillii - Blunt-leaved Tulip

This is a very attractive medium sized tree growing to around 10m.  The stunning new growth has an unusual shiny metallic blue-black lustre.  The tree has a lovely form and when in fruit it is covered in beautiful yellow capsules.  Not often seen in cultivation it is worth growing in protected frost free positions.

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Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia - Red Bopple Nut

An attractive spreading tree with glossy leaflets. Flowers are insignificant. Showy fruits occur during winer and are two-lobed, yellow or red with large black seeds.

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Lomatia fraxinifolia - Black leaved Silky Oak

A very attractive tree with dark shiny foliage creamy white flowers native to the rainforests of Nth Qld. Fast growing and adaptable to most soils, tolerant of moderate frosts and full sun. Young plants make an interesting indoor specimen.

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Mischarytera lautereriana - Corduroy Tamarind

This is an easy to grow attractive rainfofrest tree, it has bright red new growth and delicious fruits for those who like tartness. The common name comes from ridges in the wood beneath the bark. The corduroy tamarind can grow into a large shade tree to about 30m.

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Owenia cepiodora - Onion Cedar

This rare and endangered tree was heavily logged for its timber which is as beautiful as red cedar once it has been soaked to remove the onion scent. If the bark is scratched this also has the aroma of onions. The bright pinkish red fruits attract the beautiful Wompoo and Rose crowned fruit doves, the fruits also smell of onions. The tree is large and attractive and is found in the edges of sub tropical rain forests and in the areas where the rainforest meets the eucalypt forests of northern NSW and southern Queensland. Trees will grow best in well drained rich soil.

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Rhodamnia rubescens - Scrub Turpentine

Variable in size from a large shrub to a medium tree depending on conditions usually a small tree. Interesting three-veined leaves, and orange to black fruit very attractive to birds. Hardy in full sun.

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Sarcopteryx stipitata - Steelwood

A dainty small tree or large shrub with fine pointed leaves which are a beautiful bright pink colour when new. Suitable for tub-growing and as a shade tree. Fruits are red with black seeds and are bird-attractive. Hardy in sun or shade.

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Scolopia braunii - Flintwood

Ornamental compact rainforest tree usually 5-8m. Small creamy spring flowers with berries . Suits sun of part shade. Slow growing, makes an excellent container plant.

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Sloanea australis - Maiden's Blush

The name for this tree is derived from the colour of its heartwood, which resembles a fair maiden’s blush. Young pink foliage. A moisture loving plant that can grow into a large buttressed tree. Fruits from Feb to March. 10m

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Stenocarpus salignus - Scrub Beefwood

Dark, glossy leaves provide a dense canopy to this small to medium tree. Profuse white flowers are scented. A long narrow fruit with winged folicle.

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Syzygium alliiligneum - Onionwood Satinash (S/T)

Flowers are largre white, fluffy and very ornamental. They heve red fleshed, succulent fruits in clusters in Winter and Spring.Makes an excellent bushy screen plant.

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Syzygium corynanthum - Sour Cherry

When in fruit both the tree and the ground below are bright red.  Unlike other lilly pillies the new growth is a pale green.  The tree is highy attractive and forms a very dense crown making it an ideal shade tree.  It is slow growing initially making it perfect for containers.

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Xanthostemon chrysanthus - Golden penda

A highly ornamental tree, native to Nth Qld Rainforests. Beautiful yellow flowers with prominent anthers occuring in winter. Its glossy green leaves makes it an ideal landscape specimen as far south as Sydney.

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