Scientific Name: Planchonella chartacea (was Pouteria chartacea)

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  • Pronunciation:
    plan-shon-ELL-ah shar-TACE-ee
  • Common Name:
    Thin-leaved Coondoo
  • Derivation:
    was Planchonella chartacea
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    SAPOTACEAE (was SAPINDACEAE)
  • Flowers:
    March to August
  • Fruit:
    Black ovoid drupe to 2 cm dia
  • Vegetation Type:
    Littoral and Sub-tropical Rainforests,
  • Species List:
    Bush food, FI Podberscek, Fraser Island, Mill Point, Upper Yandina Creek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, Fraser Island, NNS, NNP Palm Grove, Noosa Banks, BHNR, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes

Bush food: Fruit eaten raw after ripening underground for a few days.||

Identification Notes

Milky latex present in branchlets and petioles but scarce Terminal buds downy, not scaly Odd leaves turn orange||Leaves: glossy texture, distinctive shape that is broader towards the ends.||Flowers: small, white or green.||Fruits: reddish, become black at maturity, each containing one brown seed, long and flattened.||

Landscaping Notes

|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||