Common name: Peach-leaf Poison-bush, Native Peach, Poison Peach
Trema tomentosa var. aspera (Brongn.) Hewson APNI* Synonyms: Trema tomentosa var. viridis (Planch.) Hewson APNI*
Trema aspera (Brongn.) Blume APNI*
Description: Shrub or small tree, evergreen, young branches pubescent.
Leaves ovate to lanceolate, mostly 2–8 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, light green, scabrous, strongly 3-veined from the base, main veins usually hairy below; petiole 5–10 mm long.
Drupe globose, to 4 mm diam., shiny black; ripe Feb.-May.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in regrowth and margins of rainforest, in moist sclerophyll forest and in open rocky areas.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld N.T. W.A.
[previously Trema aspera (Brongn.) Blume]. Recorded as being toxic to stock, but it is not usually eaten except under dry conditions.
Text by G.J. Harden (1990) Flora of New South Wales. Vol. 1; revised B.J. Conn (2009)
Taxon concept: H.J. Hewson (2007) J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 21: 89.
| The single variety in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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