Scientific Name: Beilschmiedia obtusifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    bile-SHMEED-ee-a
  • Common Name:
    Hard Bolly Gum, Blush Walnut
  • Derivation:
    beel-SHMEED-ee-ah ob-tuse-ah-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Type:
    Tree Medium
  • Family:
    LAURACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Cream, bell-shaped Autumn.
  • Fruit:
    Black ellipsoid drupe 17 mm dia
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical and dry rainforest and along moist scrubby watercourses, better soils of coastal areas.
  • Species List:
    Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, FI Podberscek, Fraser Island, RE 12.11.10. RE 12.12.16. Batianoff 87, NNP Palm Grove, Kin Kin Scrub, Dandaloo, Stratford Park, Heritage Park
Cultural Notes

Timber: dull pink, fine grained, of moderate weight, used for plywood, indoor work, flooring, building, etc.||

Identification Notes

Leaf: usually obovate, obtuse with young shoots densely pale silky-hairy. margins often wavy, Blade glossy green above, paler below. Domatia absent ||Branchlets and terminal buds brown and hairy ||Flowers have an offensive odour. Inflorescence: longer than leaves.||Fruit: ellipsoid.||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Blue triangle.||Fruit eaten by birds.

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||