Scientific Name: Guioa acutifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    ghee-OH-ah
  • Common Name:
    Northern Guioa
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    SAPINDACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Cream, purfumed, panicles, usually in clusters
  • Fruit:
    Capsule 2 or 3 lobed.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical rainforest, Ecotonal forest
  • Species List:
    FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Fraser Island, Stratford Park, Upper Yandina Creek, Dandaloo, Heritage Park
Identification Notes

Lower surfaces of leaf glaucous only when dry, prominent domatia present towards base.||Leaves alternate, compound, pinnate, leaflets 2-6 (rarely 8), near opposite, entire. Juvenile leaves toothed. No true terminal leaflet. Single domatia at or near base of each leaflet.||Leaflet stalk short and swollen at junction (pulvinule).||

Landscaping Notes

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