Trema
tomentosa
(Roxb.) Hara
This native shrub
is commonly known as
poison peach.
Trema tomentosa
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Ulmaceae
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.
Food plant for brown pigeon. Ripe fruit Tiaro, June 2016.
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 38 Fraser Coast localities: Dundathu, Booral, Pacific Haven, Craignish, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Wondunna, Urraween, Duckinwilla, Tiaro, River Heads, Howard, Yengarie, Doongul, Glenwood, Granville, Bidwill, Magnolia, Teddington, Yerra, Gigoomgan, Bauple, Glenorchy, Poona, Talegalla Weir, Tinnanbar, Tandora, Tinana, Owanyilla, Malarga, Mount Urah, Takura, Boompa, Urangan, St Mary, Tuan Forest, Toogoom, Walligan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH