This native tree
is commonly known as
finger lime.
Citrus australasica
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Rutaceae
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.
No Fraser Coast Region records. Nearest records at Widgee west of Gympie and southwards. Northern limit is Beenleigh district according to Harden, Macdonald and Williams (Rainforest Trees and Shrubs). Local reports at Mount Walsh could be a misidentification of Citrus australis (northern record limit Brooyar west of Gympie). See also Pittosporum multiflorum and Acalypha capilipes (oil glands absent).
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Boompa.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
