Scientific Name: Petalostigma triloculare

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  • Common Name:
    Quinine Berry, Quinine Bush, Long-leaf Bitter Bark
  • Derivation:
    Petalostigma: from Greek 'petalon' petal and 'Stigma' a Stigma, referring to the broad, flattened petal-like branches of the Stigma.|triloculare: three-celled fruit.
  • Type:
    Small tree
  • Family:
    EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Yellow, summer
  • Fruit:
    10 mm orange segmented drupe
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    Leslie Drive Roundabout, EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Weyba Esp, Hedges, NLTalks2010, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Coolum High, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP service road, Cooroibah26.4.09, Batianoff 87, Boreen Point, Girraween Dandaloo Noosa North Shore PS, Kin Kin Arboretum, Stratford Park, NNS, Heritage Park,
Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type) ||Average soils in sun or shade. ||Useful screen.||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery|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||