Scientific Name: Dodonea triquetra

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  • Pronunciation:
    doe-doe-NEE-ah tri-QUET-rah
  • Common Name:
    Hop Bush
  • Derivation:
    Dodonea: Named for R. Dodoens, Belgian botanist, 1517-1588||triquetra: three angles (refers to fruit)
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    SAPINDACEAE rachis tip extended%29
  • Flowers:
    Green, purple. Yellow. Unisexual - having male or female parts, but not both. Dioeceous - male and female flowers on different plants.
  • Fruit:
    Capsule in clusters
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    Hedges, Emu Mt., SBHS, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, NNP service road, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Cooloothin Corner, Old Tewantin, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Boreen Point, TAFE Girraween Dandaloo Noosa River NP BHNR, Stratford Park, NNS, Heritage Park
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Early settlers to Australia used the seed for beer brewing.

Identification Notes

Inflorescences axillary, up to 16 flowered.||Leaves simple, elliptic, sometimes lanceolate or ovate, 4.7–12 cm long, 10–47 mm wide, apex acuminate to acute, base narrow cuneate to attenuate, margins entire or sinuate, glabrous; petiole 2–7 mm long.||Flowers in terminal panicles; pedicels mostly 5–10 mm long. Sepals 4 rarely 5, 0.6–1 mm long, broad triangular not persistent. Stamens 8, rarely 10. Ovary glabrous.||Fruit: Capsule 3-winged, 9.5–16 mm long, 10–15 mm wide, glabrous; wings 2–5 mm wide, membranous.||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly larval food plant: Fiery Jewel.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type) ||Evergreen, Bird-attracting||Prune to keep bushy.||Screen plant.||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.|Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.|Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare|Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye|Successfully propagated by Mooloola Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||