Scientific Name: Beilschmiedia elliptica

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  • Pronunciation:
    beel-SHMEED-ee-a
  • Common Name:
    Grey walnut
  • Derivation:
    Beilschmiedia: honours C.T. Beilschmied -German botanist and chemist elliptica: Leaves like an elipse.
  • Type:
  • Family:
    LAURACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Cream, bell-shaped August to October
  • Fruit:
    Blackish globular drupe 12 mm dia
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical and dry rainforest
  • Species List:
    FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, Kin Kin Scrub, Dandaloo
Identification Notes

Bluish/grey green sheen on the leaves Terminal buds brown and downy Domatia absent||

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||