Plant Details

Scientific Name: Denhamia celastroides
  • Pronunciation: den-HAME-ee-ah sell-ah-STROY-dees
  • Common Name: Denhamia, Orange Box Thorn
  • Type: Tree
  • Family: CELASTRACEAE
  • Size: 10 metres
  • Flowers: Massed cream, spring
  • Fruit: Capsule, orange, 15 mm
  • Vegetation Type: Rainforest along scrubby watercourses,
  • Species List: FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP service road, Wooroi Palm Grove, Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, Dandaloo Heritage Park,

Identification Notes

Branchlets angled with fine vertically ridged BarkTerminal buds scaly

Landscaping Notes

Prefers a shady position

Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.

  • Denhamia celastroides
  • Denhamia celastroides
  • Denhamia celastroides
  • Denhamia celastroides
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