Scientific Name: Sloanea australis

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  • Pronunciation:
    slow-ANE-ee-ah aus-TRAH-lis
  • Common Name:
    Maiden's Blush
  • Derivation:
    Sloanea: Honours Sir Hans Sloane 1660-1753 principal founder of the British Museum||australis: southern
  • Type:
    Tree Medium
  • Family:
    ELAEOCARPACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Cream/white, singly or in small groups from axils, October to November
  • Fruit:
    Yellowish/brown capsule, slightly hairy. splits into three segments
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical rainforest and in moist gullies of dry rainforest
  • Species List:
    Kin Kin Arboretum, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, Upper Yandina Creek, Kin Kin Scrub, Heritage Park,
Identification Notes

Buttressed. Branchlets often dotted with narrow lenticels. New growth pinkish/red. Petioles thick with an angled joint at back of leaf. Stipules present in leaf axils. ||Flowers with intact anthers smell of coconut oil||

Associated Fauna

Seed aril attracts birds||

Landscaping Notes

Landscaping potential in suitable areas. Prefers moist, well-drained soil. Useful specimen tree.||Wide shady crown of glossy leaves and pink new growth.||Propagation from seed, ripening February-June, and from cuttings that strike readily.||High water requirement best suited to protected position where it will not dry out.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||