Scientific Name: Alectryon coriaceous

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  • Pronunciation:
    a-LEC-tre-on core-ee-AYE-shus
  • Common Name:
    Beach Bird's Eye Beach Alectryon
  • Type:
    Shrub , small tree
  • Family:
    SAPINDACEAE rachis tip extended%29
  • Flowers:
    Yellow monoecious November to December
  • Fruit:
    green red black
  • Vegetation Type:
    Littoral rainforest and coastal scrubs
  • Species List:
    FlexiSchoolSB, Plants for Coastal Gardens, Hedges, Bush food, Emu Mt., Biosphere Day Noosa Woods, Peregian Boardwalk, Coolum High, Sunshine Beach Primary, NNP service road, Janet, Viridian Track, Boreen Point, Regional Ecosystem 12.2.14.
Cultural Notes

Bush food: Astringent fruit eaten.||

Identification Notes

Young branchlets and terminal buds downy. ||Leaves mostly held in twos with strongly raised veins below.||

Associated Fauna

Host plant: Pencilled blue, Hairy lineblue, Six lineblue, Felders lineblue, Glistening blue butterflies. ||Seed dispersed by birds attracted to sweet red aril.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species . Bushy shrub for well drained soil in full sun. Masses of shiny black fruit enclosed in a red aril which attracts fruit-eating birds. Tolerates salt-laden winds. ||Useful windbreak, screen plant. Seed germinates readily.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm| Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare|Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery|| Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||