Scientific Name: Pentaceras australe
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Pronunciation:pen-tah-SARE-ass aus-TRALE
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Common Name:Penta Ash, Bastard Crow's Ash
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Derivation:Pentaceras: penta - five, ceras gr. - horn (five horn-like carpel s on flower and fruit)|australe: southern.
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Type:
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Family:RUTACEAE
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Flowers:White, perfumed, 5-petalled, to 7 mm, September to November
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Fruit:Samara, pink to brown with flattened wing, ripe November to January
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Vegetation Type:ST and dry Rainforest, regrowth
Cultural Notes
Sapwood subject attack by borers. Suitable for flooring, scantling and chisel handles. (WDFrancis)||
Identification Notes
Flowers: in large branched terminal panicles||Fruit: flattened seed capsules (samara)||Leaf: Leaves alternate, compound, 7-17 leaflets each 12 cm long, uneven at base. Terminal leaflet present.||Branchlets: brown and finely wrinkled||
Landscaping Notes
Seeds difficult to germinate; grow from root cuttings. Handsome tree in cultivation with large pinnate leaves and masses of white flowers (Hauser).||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||