Scientific Name: Endiandra sieberi

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  • Pronunciation:
    en-dee-AND-rah see-BURR-ee
  • Common Name:
    Corkwood, Tell
  • Derivation:
    Endiandra: Gr. endou - within, andros - man (refers to inner series of stamens in the flower) sieberi: with at least 40 plants named after him, FW Sieber, a botanist from Prague, collected plants in NSW for 7 months in 1823
  • Type:
    Tree Medium
  • Family:
    LAURACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White in short panicles from leaf axil June to October
  • Fruit:
    Purple/black ovoid drupe 2 cm long
  • Vegetation Type:
    Seacoast, sandy wallum, Sub-tropical and lowland rainforest,
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, FI Podberscek, Boreen Point Caravan Park, NNP Palm Grove, Cooloothin, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, NNP service road, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, Fraser Island, Johns, Batianoff 87, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Boreen Point, TAFE, BHNR, NNP Tanglewood, Noosa Banks, Noosa River NP, NNS, Heritage Park, Regional Ecosystem 12.2.5. Regional Ecosystem 12.3.5. Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.l.
Identification Notes

Flower: greenish, six-lobed in short panicles from leaf axils; ||Branchlets, petioles and terminal buds reddish; ||Leaf: aromatic; domatia absent; midrib and leaf margins yellowish.||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Eastern flat.||

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||