Scientific Name: Glochidion sumatranum

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  • Pronunciation:
    glock-ID-ee-an sue-mar-TRAR-num
  • Common Name:
    Umbrella Cheese Tree, Raintree
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    PHYLLANTHACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Yellow, green.
  • Fruit:
    Pink, slightly hairy seed capsule with numerous ribs or lobes
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest, Freshwater Wetlands
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Weyba Esp, SBHS, Community Gardens, Emu Swamp, W2, Emu Mt., SBHS, NLTalks2010, Biosphere Day Noosa Woods, Mooloolaba TAFE, Boreen Point Caravan Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Meridan College, NNP service road, Cooroibah26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Mill Point, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Regional Ecosystem 12.3.5., Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, Leslie Drive Roundabout, Noosa North Shore PS, TAFE, NNP Tanglewood, BHNR, Noosa River NP, NNS Fern Track, NNS, Heritage Park, Wallace Park,
Identification Notes

Has clusters of dull pink hairy fruit, the shape resembling a wheel of cheese. Leaves have prominent veins and tend to be hairy on undersides.

Associated Fauna

Bird attracting: Silvereye forage for fruit and insects. ||Foliage often damaged by leaf miners and caterpillars when young.||Fruit eaten by Lewins Honeyeater.

Landscaping Notes

Regeneration use: Pioneer species in severely degraded ecosystems.|