Scientific Name: Flindersia schottiana

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  • Pronunciation:
    flin-DERS-ee-ah shot-ee-AH-nah
  • Common Name:
    Bumpy Ash, Silver Ash, Cudgerie, Southern Silver Ash
  • Derivation:
    Flindersia: commemorates explorer Matthew Flinders |schottiana: Heinrich Schott
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    FLINDERSIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    white, November
  • Fruit:
    Capsule 10 cm with 5 claws.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest, coastal scrub. Northern NSW to north Qld.
  • Species List:
    Kin Kin Arboretum, Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, FI Podberscek, Pomona School Oval, NNP service road, Cooloothin Corner, Fraser Island, Stratford Park, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage Park, Dandaloo, RE 12.8.13. RE 12.11.10.
Cultural Notes

Timber (pale yellow) used for boat-building, furniture, veneers, turnery, panelling. Grain straight.|| Used for vintage car timber body frames because of screw-holding and glueing ability and general strength and stability.||Structural plywood, and sporting goods such as baseball bats, cricket bats, and stumps, boat oars, and gun stocks, as well as for parquetry flooring and panelling.||

Identification Notes

Leaflets wrap around leaf stem.||Leaves opposite pinnate with 9-17 prs. leaflets.||

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . ||Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Shade tree for average situation in full sun.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||