- Pronunciation: flin-DERS-ee-ah aus-TRAR-lis
- Common Name: Crows Ash
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Derivation:
Flindersia: honours explorer Matthew Flinders
australis: southern - Type: Tree, semi-Deciduous
- Family: FLINDERSIACEAE
- Size: to 30 metres
- Flowers: September to February. white, 5 petalled. 10 mm. in clusters to 15 cm long. spring summer.
- Fruit: Capsule brown woody bluntly prickled outside. To 9 cm, 5 segments, spring summer.
- Vegetation Type: Dry and sub-tropical rainforests and as remnant Tree in scrubby areas
- Species List: Cooroibah 26.4.09, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, NNP Palm Grove Dandaloo, Kin Kin Arboretum, Stratford Park, Regional Ecosystem 12.8.13. Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.16. Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.16x1.
Cultural Notes
Timber: creamy yellow in colour, close grained, of great strength and durability, used for flooring, decking. boat-building, furniture.
Identification Notes
Semi-Deciduous.
Leaves Alternate (less frequently Opposite), Compound. 5-9 leaflets. Leaves clustered towards branchlet ends. Aromatic when crushed. Base of Petiole distinctly ridged on either side.
First four seedling Leaves are Trifoliate .
Trunk: tall straight with mottled grey Bark. Leaf scars distinct.
Landscaping Notes
Successfully propogated by Noosa & District Landcare.
Fire retardant Species.
Bushy shade Tree for average soils.
Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
Associated Fauna
Butterfly host Plant: Hesperilla donnysaicaria, Spotted skipper.
