This native tree is commonly known as yellow acronychia.
Sarcomelicope simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia is described as a "dicot" in the Rutaceae 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.
Fruiting September 2021 Brooweena.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 15 Fraser Coast localities: Brooweena, Craignish, Doongul, Duckinwilla, Dundowran Beach, Gigoomgan, Howard, Magnolia, Malarga, Mount Urah, River Heads, St Mary, Takura, Teddington, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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