North Queensland / Tropical plants

Xanthostemon youngii

Golden Myrtle, Queensland Golden Myrtle (Thaleropia queenslandica) (Myrtaceae) Few rainforest plants light up the forest in summer like the Golden Myrtle. At dusk, when the bright sun has just with…

Syzygium alliiligneum Family:Myrtaceae Common name:Puddenwood; Bark in the Wood; Mission Beach Satinash; Paper-barked Satinash; Onionwood Satinash; Pudden Satinash; , Mission Beach; Satinash, Red fruits .Edible , crispy like an apple, but sour . NEQ, restricted to the area between Cape Tribulation and Tully. IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flickr Group --> DATABASE INDEX

Edible native producing intensely citrus fruits with herby, eucalypt tones. Low-maintenance and bird-attracting.

aka. Native Guava. Yields fragrant flowers and creamy fruit. Attracts bees and other pollinators.

Shade-tolerant rainforest species producing black plum-like berries in Autumn and Winter.

Witjutigrub Bushfood Nursery

Wonga Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana) Native Australian woody climbing vine, also found in Malesia and the southwestern Pacific region.

With gardens getting smaller, I find that there is increasing interest in climbing plants. These versatile Australian native climbers can adapt to limited spaces, and be grown as ground covers as well.

Nectarinia jugularis was commonly known as Yellow-bellied Sunbird but now is referred to as Olive-backed Sunbird…….however, my friend Joanna refers to them as ‘Sunnybirds’ …