Quinine bush
Petalostigma banksii, Fam. Picrodendraceae
A shrub or small tree to 6m, deciduous and dioecious.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Shrub, Small tree |
| Family: | Picrodendraceae |
| Leaf: | Simple, alternate or clustered, Ovate-oblong or oblong-obovate, usually retuse, very soon puberulous or quite glabrous, 10-50 x 5-30mm. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
White, Yellow, Green |
| Flower description: | Axillary fascicle or a solitary flower, green, white or yellow with four sepals and no petals, 3-5mm in diameter. September to June. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Orange, Yellow |
| Fruit: | |
| Fruit description: | Yellow or orange, glabrous three or four valved fleshy walled capsules, but may appear as a fleshy drupe, 9-17 x 10-16mm. Containing one to four white, yellow or brown seed, 4-7mm long with a white, yellow or brown aril at the base. April to September. |
| Habitat: | Gallery (riverine or riparian) forest, vine thicket, woodland. |
| Distribution | Queensland, Northern Territory. |
| Food source for: | |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia. |
| Notes: | |
| Information sources: | Atlas of Living Australia (2022) Petalostigma banksia Britten & S.Moore., Britten J. & Moore S. (1903) Petalostigma banksia. The Journal of Botany 41., Cooper W. (2004) Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. |
