Scientific Name: Halfordia kendack

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  • Pronunciation:
    hal-FORD-ee-ah ken-DACK
  • Common Name:
    Saffron-heart, Kerosene wood, Southern Ghittoe
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    RUTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    December to Aprilil
  • Fruit:
    Ovoid, black.
  • Species List:
    Stratford Park, FI Podberscek, Heritage Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Sub tropical Rainforest/Littoral Rainforest, NNP Tanglewood, NNP Palm Grove, Dandaloo
Cultural Notes

Timber: oily and burns readily even when green (hence "kerosine wood")||

Identification Notes

Branchlets green and smooth; ||Leaves: aromatric when crushed; leaves smooth, unmarked, almost veinless; large and numerous oil dots. ||Petioles light green and thick.||Leaves alternate, sometimes spirally arranged towards the ends of branchlets, simple, entire.||

Landscaping Notes

Handsome glossy foliage||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||