Scientific Name: Alyxia magnifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    ah-LIX-ee-a mag-nee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Large-leaved Chain Fruit
  • Derivation:
    Alyxia: L. alysis - a chain magnifolia: large leaves
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    APOCYNACEAE
  • Status:
    RARE
  • Flowers:
    White, perfumed, spring
  • Fruit:
    Chains of orange 7 mm fruit, winter to summer
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest/Rainforest,
  • Species List:
    Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Noosa High School, NNP service road, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, Old Tewantin, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, RE 12.3.1. RE 12.9-10.16. RE 12.9-10.16x1. RE 12.11.1. RE 12.11.10. RE 12.12.16. , Janet, Batianoff 87, Boreen Point?, NNP Tanglewood, NNP Palm Grove, Noosa Banks, Dandaloo, Lake Cooroibah West, Kin Kin Arboretum,NC, Upper Yandina Creek,
Identification Notes

Leaves nearly twice the size of and flowers larger than Alyxia ruscifolia which it resembles. Leaves in whorls of 3-6. Milky sap.

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||