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Plant List Kuranda Conservation Community Nursery

Plants in the nursery change from time to time, and we may not have them all in stock, as this depends upon the variable nature of rainforest species fruiting habits and our local collectors. If you do not see a plant that you are looking for, please contact us as it may be ready for sale now.

Botanical Name	Common Name	Small	6-12m	12-20m	20+m	Vine	B-fly	Cassowary Food	Bats	Notes
Abelmoschus splendens	Helens hibiscus		✓							Flower pink with red dish markings
Acacia mangium	Forest mangrove				✓					Seeds eaten by Red- cheeked Parrots
Acacia polystachya	Spike wattle		✓
Acmena hemilampra	Blush satinash				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Acmena smithii	Creek satinash
Adenanthera pavonina	Red Sandalwood, redbean tree				✓					Deciduous
Agathis robusta	Queensland Kauri Pine				✓					Fruit eaten by Sulphur-crested cockatoo
Alpinia caerulea	Native Ginger, Blue Ginger	✓					✓	✓		Cassowary / Banded demon butterfly
Alpinia hylandii	Native Ginger, blue ginger	✓						✓		Fruit blue
Alstonia muelleriana	Hard Milkwood				✓					Pioneer species - fast growing
Alstonia scholaris	Milky Pine
Alyxia ruscifolia	Chain fruit	✓
Antidesma bunius	Herbert River Cherry			✓						Flowers fragrant. Fruit eaten by Fruit Doves
Araucaria bidwillii	Bunya Pine
Archidendron hendersonii	White laceflower				✓
Archontophoenix alexandrae	Alexandra Palm								✓
Aristolochia acuminata	Native Dutchman’s Pipe					✓	✓			Food plant for Cairns Birdwing Butterfly
Atractocarpus fitzalanii	Brown Gardenia				✓			✓	✓	Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Austromatthaea elegans			✓
Barringtonia acutangula	Freshwater Mangrove				✓
Beilischmiedia bancroftii	Yellow Walnut						✓			Blue triangle butterfly
Blepharocarya involucrigera	Rose Butternut				✓					Fruit eaten by Double eyed Fig parrots
Brachychiton acerifolius	Flame Tree				✓					Red flowers seeds eaten by King parrots
Buckinghamia celsissima	Ivory curl flower				✓
Carallia brachiata	Corky Bark				✓		✓			Fruit eaten by birds / 4 O'clock moth
Cardwellia sublimis	Northern Silky Oak, Bull Oak				✓				✓	Seeds eaten by Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, rats
Castanospermum australe	Black bean, Bean Tree				✓					Seeds eaten by Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
Cerbera floribunda	Cassowary Plum				✓			✓		Blue fruit eaten by Cassowary and Cockatoos
Cerbera manghas	Rubber tree		✓
Chionanthus axillaris	Pimply olive		✓					✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Chionanthus ramiflora	Native olive			✓				✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Cissus penninervis	Cissus penninervis					✓		✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary & many birds
Cleistanthus hylandii	Bernie's cleistanthus			✓						Attractive new red leaves, male and female plants
Clerodendrum floribundum	Lolly bush		✓
Clerodendrum longiflorum	Witches tongues, Long flowered		✓							Fruit eaten by many birds
Commelina ensifolia	scurvy grass	✓								herb, perennial, creeping
Crinum pendunculatum	River lily, Swamp lily	✓
Cryptocarya (sp)
Cryptocarya hypospodia	Northern laurel				✓		✓			Fruit eaten by Cassowary /Butterfly
Cryptocarya pleurosperma	Poison Walnut				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Cryptocarya triplinervis	Brown laurel			✓			✓			Fruit eaten by birds
Darlingia darlingiana	Brown Silky Oak				✓
Davidsonia pruriens	Davidson’s Plum			✓				✓	✓	Fruit eaten by Cassowary, Double-eyed Fig Parrot
Deplanchea tetraphylla	Golden bouquet			✓
Dianella attraxis	Lily	✓								Fruit berry blue / purple (Cape York)
Dianella caerulea	Blue Flax Lily	✓								Fruit purple or blue, Fruit eaten by many birds
Dictyoneura obtusa	microcarpa			✓
Dillenia alata	Red Beech, Golden Guinea Tree			✓						Red bark. Fruit eaten by Eclectus Parrots
Diploglottis bernieana	Bernie's tamarind			✓
Diploglottis bracteata	Boonjee tamerind				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Diploglottis diphyllostegia	Northern Tamarind				✓			✓	✓	Fruit eaten by Cassowary, Scrub fowl, Starlings
Dissiliaria baloghioides	Lancewood				✓
Elaeocarpus bancroftii	Kuranda Quandong				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary and Flying foxes
Elaeocarpus Grandis	Blue Quandong				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by many bird species
Endiandra palmerstonii	Black walnut				✓
Eucalyptus pellita	Red Mahogany				✓				✓	Native to Kuranda
Eustrephus latifolius	Wombat berry					✓				Seeds & aril eaten by King parrots
Fagraea Cambagei	Porcelain fruit, Pink Jitta			✓
Ferns (sp)
Ficus (sp) ench 5&6
Ficus benjamina	Weeping Fig			✓					✓	A Strangler Fig. Fruit eaten by many birds
Ficus congesta	Cluster Fig	✓						✓	✓	Fruit eaten by Cassowary, Spectacled Flying-fox
Ficus fraseri	Sandpaper Fig			✓					✓
Ficus hispida	Hairy Fig			✓					✓	Fruit eaten by Double-eyed Fig-parrot
Ficus variegata	Common red stem Fig				✓				✓	Fruit eaten by Cassowary & Double eyed Fig parrots
Ficus virens	White, Banyan, Deciduous Fig				✓				✓	Fruit eaten by many birds
Flindersia acuminata	Silver silkwood				✓
Flindersia australis	Teak				✓
Flindersia ifflaiana	Cairns hickory ash				✓				✓
Franciscodendron laurifolium	Cabbage crowsfoot				✓
Garcinia warrenii	Native mangosteen		✓					✓		Separate maleand female plants. Cassowary food
Glochidion harveyanum	Harvey's Buttonwood		✓							Fruit eaten by many birds
Glycosmis trifoliata	Pink Lime		✓						✓
Gmelina fasciculiflora	Northern white beech				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary and fruit- doves
Gossia floribunda	Cape ironwood			✓
Grevillea baileyana	Baileys silky oak				✓				✓
Guilfoylia monostylis	Native plum			✓						Fruit eaten by Bowerbirds
Guioa acutifolia	Glossy tamarind			✓					✓	Eaten by Victoria's Riflebirds,Yellow Orioles, Silvereyes
Harpullia ramiflora	Claudie tulipwood		✓
Harpullia rhyticarpa	Slender Harpulla	✓								Spectacular fruit
Hibiscus (sp)	Sleeping hibiscus	✓				✓
Homalanthus novoguineensis	Tropical bleeding heart				✓					Seeds & aril eaten by many birds
Hoya (sp) native	Hoya australis					✓				Fragrant white flowers
Hymenosporum flavum	Native Frangipanni				✓					Fragrant flowers
Licuala ramsayi	Fan palm				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary.
Linospadix minor	Palm tree	✓						✓	*	Fruit: yellow, orange or red
Litsea leefeana	Bollywood				✓					Fruit eaten by many birds
Lomandra hystrix	Mat Rush	✓								Herb
Lomandra longifolia	Mat Rush	✓								Herb
lophostemon suaveolens	Swamp Mahogany			✓						Papery bark, swampy open forest
Mackinlaya macrosciadea	Blue umbrella Tree	✓						✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Mallotus claoxyloides	Green Kamala, Odour bush		✓						✓
Mallotus philippensis	Red Kamala				✓				✓	Fruit eaten by Figbirds
Maniltoa lenticellata	Cascading Bean			✓
Melia azedarach	White Cedar				✓				✓	Fruit eaten by Flying foxes & many birds
Melicope elleryana	Pink Euodia, Corkwood, Doughwood				✓		✓		✓	Seeds eaten by Fruit doves, Catbird. Butterfly tree
Melodinus acutiflorus						✓
Melodinus australis	Harlequin Fruit (vine)					✓		✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary & Musky Rat- kangaroos
Melodorum leichhardtii	Acid drop vine					✓
Memecylon pauciflorum	Poor flower tree	✓								Green and purple berries
Mimusops elengi	Red coondoo			✓						Fruit eaten by fruit-doves
Mischocarpus exangulatus	Red Bell Mischocarp	✓								Aril eaten by Victoria's Riflebirds
Morinda citrofolia	Cheese tree, Rotten Cheese Fruit		✓
Mucuna gigantea	Burny bean					✓
Normanbya normanbyi	Black Palm
Orthosiphon aristatus	Cats whiskers	✓								Flowers white or pale purple
Palms (sp)
Pandorea pandorana	Wonga Wonga Vine					✓				Twiner and Scrambler
Phaleria clerodendron	Scented Daphnie, Rosy Apple		✓					✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary, beautiful scent, red berries
Phyllanthus cuscutiflorus	Pink phyllanthus		✓							Great for hedging, flower unpleasantly scented
Pittosporum ferrugineum	Rusty Pittosporum			✓						Seeds eaten by Metallic Starlings
Pleiogynium timorense	Burdekin Plum			✓				✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary, Great Bower-Bird, M/Fplants
Podocarpus grayae	Weeping Brown Pine				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by Pigeons and Cassowary
Pollia macrophylla	Aneilema macrophyllum	✓				✓				Herb, 2mtr scrambler
Polyscias elegans	Celerywood, Black Pencil Cedar				✓					Fruit eaten by many birds
Pouteria chartacea	Thin leaved coondoo		✓					✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Pouteria sericea	Lucuma sericea		✓
Prunus turneriana	Almond bark				✓					Fruit eaten by many birds and animals
Psychotria (sp)		✓
Rhodamnia sessiliflora	Iron Malletwood		✓					✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary, Catbird, Honeyeaters
Sarcotoechia serrata	Fern-leaved Tamerind		✓
Screening shrubs & trees
Sloanea macbrydei	Northern yellow carabeen				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Smilax australis	Austral sarsaparilla					✓		✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary & birds
Sterculia quadrifida	Peanut Tree, Red Fruited Kurrajong				✓
Syz wilsonii cryptophlebium	Plum Satinash, Powderpuff lillypilly				✓				✓	Fruiy eaten by Lewins and Macleays Honeyeaters
Syzygium alliiligneum	Mission Beach Satinash				✓			✓	✓	Large red berries eaten by Cassowary
Syzygium branderhorstii	Lockerbie satinash				✓				✓	Fruit eaten by Brush-turkeys
Syzygium cormiflorum	Bumpy satinash				✓			✓	✓	Large white apple eaten by Cassowary
Syzygium erythrocalyx	Johnstone river satinash				✓					Fruit eaten by King parrots
Syzygium fibrosum	Fibrous Satinash			✓					✓	Berry pink or red
Syzygium forte, spp	White Apple				✓			✓	✓	Fuit eaten by Cassowarys, Spectacled Flying-fox
Syzygium hemilampra	Blush satinash				✓			✓	✓	Fruit eaten by Pidgeons and Cassowary
Syzygium kuranda	Kuranda Satinash				✓			✓	✓	Eaten by many birds incl.Cassowary
Syzygium luehmannii	Cherry Satinash				✓			✓	✓	Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Syzygium pseudofastigiatum	Claudie Satinash				✓				✓	White flowers, white fruit
Syzygium tierneyanum	River Cherry				✓			✓		Fruit eaten by Cassowary
Syzygium xerampelinum	Mulgrave Satinash		✓
Tabernaemontana pandacaqui	Banana or windmill bush	✓								Fragrant flowers, colourful fruit
Terminalia catappa	Sea Almond								✓
Terminalia sericocarpa	Damson Plum, Sovereignwood				✓			✓	✓	Fruit eaten by Cassowary, cuscus, flying foxes
Tetrastigma nitens	Shinning grape					✓				Fruit eaten by many birds
Toechima daemelianum	Cape tamerind			✓					✓	Seeds eaten by Parrots,arils eaten by Metallic Starlings
Toechima erythrocarpum	Pink Tamerind, Pink Toechima				✓				✓	Seeds and aril eaten by King Parrots and Honeyeaters
Tristaniopsis exiliflora	River gum				✓
Vines (sp) bench 5&6
Water plants (sp)
Wodyetia bifurcata	Foxtail Palm