Peach cedar
Trema orientalis, Fam. Ulmaceae
Medium to tall tree with a sparse but wide, spreading canopy and grey bark with numerous lenticels arranged in longitudinal lines.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Med tree, Large Tree |
| Family: | Ulmaceae |
| Leaf: | Simple, alternate, toothed, ovate to lanceolate, underside typically covered in dense, silky white hairs. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Green |
| Flower description: | Axillary panicles of small, green flowers. Flowers unisexual or bisexual. Spring to early autumn. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Black, Purple |
| Fruit: | |
| Fruit description: | Purple black ovoid drupes, 3-5mm long. Summer to autumn. |
| Habitat: | Rainforest. |
| Distribution | Queensland, New Guinea, Melanesia, Malesia, Asia, Pacific Islands. |
| Food source for: | Fruit eaten by southern cassowary, figbird, satin bowerbird, Pacific baza and Lewin's honeyeater. |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia, Malesia, Asia, Pacific Islands. |
| Notes: | Apparently a source of fibre. Brittle timber. |
| Information sources: | Melzer R. & Plumb J. (2007) Plants of Capricornia. |
