Scientific Name: Guioa semiglauca

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  • Pronunciation:
    gee-OH-ah semi-GLORE-cah
  • Common Name:
    Wild Quince
  • Derivation:
    Guioa: honour JoseGuio, Spanish painter of plants and illustrator of botanical books. semiglauca: L. semi - half, G. glaukos - bluish-grey. (undersides of leaves are bluish-grey)
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    SAPINDACEAE (rachis tip extended)
  • Flowers:
    White. Monoeceous Spring.
  • Fruit:
    Three-lobed capsule
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical Rainforest and along scrubby watercourses,
  • Species List:
    Kin Kin Arboretum, Bush food, Craft, Cooroy Mill Site, BSDoonan, Cranks Creek, Upper Yandina Creek, Kin Kin Scrub
Cultural Notes

The bark was used by Aborigines as a fish poison.||Bush food: very small sour fruits eaten raw when capsules split.||

Identification Notes

Rachis tip extended Leaflets dullish dark green, white or grey below. Leaf: compound, alternate, pinnate, 2-6 leaflets, opposite or alternate on rachis, leaflets dullish dark green above, white or gray below, somjetimes downy; venation distinct, midrib extending to a short point at leaflet apex. Very glaucous.|| Domatia absent.||

Associated Fauna

Fruit is eaten by many birds. A good habitat tree.

Landscaping Notes

Pioneer plant. Ornamental species worthy of cultivation. Fast growing in average soils. Ideal to help regeneration. Indoor pot plant potential.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye|Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||