Scientific Name: Drypetes deplanchei (Drypetes australasica)

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  • Common Name:
    Yellow Tulip
  • Derivation:
    Drypetes australasica
  • Type:
    Tree Medium
  • Family:
    EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Yellowish, September to October, dioecious
  • Fruit:
    Red/orange ovoid drupe to 14 mm dia
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical and Dry Rainforests,
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Old Tewantin, Batianoff 87, NNP Palm Grove, Dandaloo, Regional Ecosystem 12.8.13. Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.16. Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.16x1.
Cultural Notes

Bush food: Mature fruit eaten raw.||

Identification Notes

Branchlets covered with small lenticels Terminal buds not scaly

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Common albatross.

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||