This native tree
is commonly known as
quinine bush.
Petalostigma pubescens
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Picrodendraceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Separate male and female plants (dioecious). Male flowers in clusters of 3 or 4 while female flowers solitary (Gwen Harden, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame, John Williams. 2014. Rainforest Plants of Australia).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 46 Fraser Coast localities: Takura, Booral, Dundathu, Urangan, Pacific Haven, Craignish, Point Vernon, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Susan River, Duckinwilla, Toogoom, Cherwell, Doongul, Howard, Dunmora, Dundowran Beach, Beelbi Creek, Pialba, Mount Urah, Bidwill, Teddington, Yerra, Antigua, Glenorchy, Island Plantation, Paterson, Poona, Talegalla Weir, Bauple Forest, Tinnanbar, Tuan Forest, Magnolia, Boompa, Tinana, Malarga, K'gari, Yengarie, St Mary, Scarness, Eli Waters, Torquay, Boonooroo Plains, Granville, Owanyilla, Teebar.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
