Scientific Name: Glochidion sumatranum

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  • Pronunciation:
    glock-ID-ee-an sue-mar-TRAR-num
  • Common Name:
    Umbrella Cheese Tree, Raintree, Buttonwood
  • Derivation:
    Glochidion: L. glochidium - barb of arrow (refers to style of some species)
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Yellow, green. Separate male and female flowers on same tree. Flower clusters on a short peduncle arising 5–10 mm above the leaf axil. Perianth 2–3 mm long.
  • Fruit:
    capsule with numerous ribs or lobes in clusters above leaf axil, contain 5 angular orange seeds. Fruit a capsule, green turning pink when ripe, 0.5-1 cm round, hairy and dull.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest, riparian,
  • 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

**LOOK FOR** Dull pink hairy fruit||Leaves: larger than G. ferdinandi, have prominent veins and tend to be hairy on undersides along the course of the veins||

Associated Fauna

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

Landscaping Notes

Regeneration use: Pioneer species in severely degraded ecosystems.|| Essential part of climax community.||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery|Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery|Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||