Plant Details

Scientific Name: Acronychia wilcoxiana
  • Pronunciation: ac-ro-NICK-ee-ah
  • Common Name: Silver Aspen
  • Derivation: Acronychia: Gr. acros - end or edge, onyx - claw. (refers to petal points) Wilcoxiana: 
  • Type: Tree
  • Family: RUTACEAE
  • Size: 9 metres
  • Flowers: cream Summer/Autumn
  • Fruit: white Said to Fruit abundantly every second year
  • Vegetation Type: Wet Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List: Bush food, FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Stratford Park, Janet, Noosa Banks, Dandaloo, Heritage Park

Cultural Notes

Edible fruits

Identification Notes

Branchlets with pale lenticels Leaves slightly Aromatic when crushed

Landscaping Notes

Bushy Tree with spreading glossy Crown for sandy soils in full sun or part shade.

Useful for container planting when young.

Propagation is difficult from Seed, ripening from March to May, and from cuttings.

Associated Fauna

Butterflies: Orchard Swallowtail, Dingy Swallowtail Acronychia spp. are larval food plants for Orchard Swallowtail butterfly, pictured.

  • Acronychia wilcoxiana
  • Acronychia wilcoxiana
  • Acronychia wilcoxiana
  • Acronychia wilcoxiana
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