- Pronunciation: flin-DERS-ee-ah shot-ee-AH-nah
- Common Name: Bumpy Ash, Silver Ash, Cudgerie, Southern Silver Ash
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Derivation:
Flindersia: commemorates explorer Matthew Flinders
schottiana: Heinrich Schott - Type: Tree
- Family: FLINDERSIACEAE
- Size: 30 to 40 metres
- Flowers: white, November
- Fruit: Capsule 10 cm with 5 claws.
- Vegetation Type: Rainforest, coastal scrub. Northern NSW to north Qld.
- Species List: Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, FI Podberscek, Pomona School Oval, NNP service road, Cooloothin Corner, Fraser Island, Stratford Park, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage Park, Dandaloo, RE 12.8.13. RE 12.11.10.
Cultural Notes
Timber (pale yellow) used for boat-building, furniture, veneers, turnery, panelling. Grain straight.
Used for vintage car timber body frames because of screw-holding and glueing ability and general strength and stability.
Structural plywood, and sporting goods such as baseball bats, cricket bats, and stumps, boat oars, and gun stocks, as well as for parquetry flooring and panelling.
Identification Notes
Leaflets wrap around Leaf Stem.
Leaves Opposite Pinnate with 9-17 prs. leaflets.
Landscaping Notes
Noosa Council Preferred Species list .
Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
Shade Tree for average situation in full sun.
