This native tree
is commonly known as
tuckeroo.
Cupaniopsis anacardioides
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Sapindaceae
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.
Leaves mostly obovate or elliptic. Fruits golden yellow sometimes tinged with red, glabrous. Trees rarely more than 15 m high. (Austrobaileya 3(3)1991).
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 51 Fraser Coast localities: Booral, Dundowran Beach, Dundathu, River Heads, Dundowran, Urangan, Craignish, Pacific Haven, Point Vernon, Urraween, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Toogoom, Susan River, Torquay, Prawle, Aldershot, Duckinwilla, Howard, Walligan, Pialba, Beelbi Creek, Yengarie, Granville, Bidwill, Gigoomgan, Bauple, Glenorchy, Tinana, Island Plantation, Tuan, Teddington, Maryborough, Poona, Talegalla Weir, Magnolia, Tinnanbar, Malarga, Boompa, Tandora, Doongul, K'gari, Eli Waters, Scarness, Mount Urah, Great Sandy Strait, Kawungan, Walkers Point, Wondunna, Tinana South, Takura.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
