Scientific Name: Rhodosphaera rhodanthema

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  • Common Name:
    Deep yellowwood
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    ANACARDIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Large terminal panicles, red/pink.
  • Fruit:
    Brown globular.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest,
  • Species List:
    Kin Kin Scrub, Kin Kin Arboretum, Heritage Park, Regional Ecosystem 12.8.13. Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.16. Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.16x1.
Identification Notes

Tree to 20 m high with brown to grey scaly bark; branchlets with reddish lenticels.||Leaves mostly 8–20 cm long; leaflets 3–11, oblong-ovate to narrow-elliptic, 3–10 cm long, 10–25 mm wide, apex short-acuminate, base obtuse, asymmetric with midvein curved, both surfaces ± glabrous except for small red-brown hairy domatia on lower surface; petiole 3–8 cm long, petiolules 3–5 mm long||Flowers: Panicles mostly 10–20 cm long; pedicels 1–2 mm long, bracteate. Sepals 1.8–2 mm long. Petals c. 3 mm long, pinkish red.||Fruit::Drupe ± globose, 8–11 mm diam., glossy brown; clusters remain on the plant for many months. (Plant-NET)

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare. ||Prefers moist well-drained position. Hardy, suitable for inland situations. ||Indoor pot plant potential.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye||Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||