This native tree is commonly known as macaranga.
Macaranga tanarius is described as a "dicot" in the Euphorbiaceae 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.
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 11 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Craignish, Dundowran Beach, Kawungan, Maryborough, Point Vernon, Sunshine Acres, Tiaro, Toogoom, Urangan, Urraween.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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