Scientific Name: Alectryon coriaceous

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  • Pronunciation:
    a-LEC-tre-on core-ee-AYE-shus
  • Common Name:
    Beach Birds Eye, Beach Alectryon
  • Type:
    Shrub or Small Tree
  • Family:
    SAPINDACEAE
  • Status:
    Common
  • Flowers:
    Monoecious, November to December
  • Fruit:
    Rusty-hairy with red aril
  • Flowers Color:
    Yellow
  • Fruit Color:
    Black
  • Vegetation Type:
    Seacoast, Littoral rainforest
  • 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.||