Scientific Name: Akania bidwillii (Akania lucens, Akania hillii)

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  • Common Name:
    Turnipwood
  • Type:
    Sparsely branched tree
  • Family:
    AKANIACEAE
  • Status:
    RARE
  • Flowers:
    Pale pink, white., waxy, spring. purfumed
  • Fruit:
    Capsule, Red, 25 mm., pear-shaped ripe February to May
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest
  • Species List:
    Janet,
Identification Notes

Leaves alternate, pinnate with 10 to 30 stiff glossy, sharply toothed leaflets, to 28 cm.

Landscaping Notes

Cultivated as an ornamental species||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||