- Pronunciation: gee-OH-ah semi-GLORE-cah
- Common Name: Wild Quince
- Derivation: Guioa: honour JoseGuio, Spanish painter of plants and illustrator of botanical books. semiglauca: L. semi - half, G. glaukos - bluish-grey. (undersides of Leaves are bluish-grey)
- Type: Tree
- Family: SAPINDACEAE (Rachis tip extended)
- Size: 15 metres
- Flowers: White. Monoeceous Spring.
- Fruit: Three-Lobed Capsule
- Vegetation Type: Sub-tropical Rainforest and along scrubby watercourses,
- Species List: Bush food, Craft, Cooroy Mill Site, BSDoonan, Cranks Creek, Upper Yandina Creek, Kin Kin Scrub
Cultural Notes
The Bark was used by Aborigines as a fish poison.
Bush food: very small sour fruits eaten raw when capsules split.
Identification Notes
Rachis tip extended Leaflets dullish dark green, white or grey below. Leaf: Compound, Alternate, Pinnate, 2-6 leaflets, Opposite or Alternate on Rachis, leaflets dullish dark green above, white or gray below, somjetimes downy; Venation distinct, midrib extending to a short point at Leaflet apex. Very Glaucous.
Domatia absent.
Landscaping Notes
Pioneer Plant. Ornamental Species worthy of cultivation. Fast growing in average soils. Ideal to help regeneration. Indoor pot Plant potential.
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery
Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye
Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
