Scientific Name: Polyscias elegans

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  • Pronunciation:
    polly-SIGH-us ell-ee-gans
  • Common Name:
    Celerywood
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    ARALIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    pink brown
  • Fruit:
    Berries, mauve/purple bunches autumn winter
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest, Dry vine forest
  • Species List:
    FlexiSchoolSB, Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, FI Podberscek, Peregian Boardwalk, Boreen Point Caravan Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Sunshine Beach Primary, NNP service road, Wooroi Palm Grove, BSDoonan, Old Tewantin, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Mill Point, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, NNS, Boreen Point, Leslie Drive Roundabout, NNP Tanglewood, Kin Kin Scrub, Dandaloo, NNP Coastal, BHNR, Kin Kin Arboretum, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,Upper Yandina Creek,
Identification Notes

When cut, the bark smells and tastes like celery. ||Leaves: alternate, compound, bipinnate or pinnate, 13-55 leaflets, opposite, entire with true terminal leaflet.||

Associated Fauna

Bird and butterfly attracting. Butterfly larval food plant: Dark Pencil-blue ( Consimilis blue). Brown Cuckoo-Dove eats fruit.||

Landscaping Notes

Landscaping potential in suitable areas. Pioneer plant. Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare. Slender tree for full sun or part shade in average soil. Indoor pot plant potential.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||