Jagera pseudorhus
Foambark, Pink Tamarind, Fern Tree. Australian rainforest tree with pinnate leaves, each having 4 to 10 leaflets to 100 mm long with toothed margins. Brownish flowers are followed by large clusters of hairy yellow fruits to 15 mm long in spring. The hairs may be irritant.
Kennedia rubicunda
Dusky Coral Pea. Vigorous vine with large red pea flowers most of the year.
It will cover a trellis and climb trees.
Kunzea pulchella
A medium shrub to about 2m, with small 10 mm long grey-green leaves. This Australian plant bears bright red, very conspicuous flowers in spring.
Lepidozamia peroffskyana
Zamia palm. Shiny green fronds on a thick trunk are up to about 2m long.
Large male or female cones (on separate plants) emerge from the top of the
plant.
Lophostemon confertus
Previously known as Tristania conferta. Brush Box, Queensland box. This very tall (> 35m in wet schlerophyll forest) tree has rough bark on its lower trunk, but a smooth pink-orange upper trunk and branches. Young shoots are hairy, but mature leaves are dark green and in whorls of 4 or 5, and about 120 mm long. The 20 - 30 mm white flowers have a feathery appearance, appear in summer, and are followed by 3 valved woody capsules.
Livistona australis
Cabbage Palm. This tall palm has a crown of large fan leaves. large sprays of cream flowers are produced in spring, followed by black fruit. Photograph courtesy Dot Crane.
Macrozamia lucida
A small zamiad with the trunk being subterranean. Twisted fronds. This
photograph show the female cones like small pineapples at the base.
Macrozamia moorei
A large zamiad with a trunk up to 1m wide and 3m high. Many fronds which may
grow to 2 or 3 m long.
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Large bushy shrub producing orange-red bottlebrush flowers on older wood, in late spring.
Melaleuca incana
A medium shrub with small, narrow, grey foliage. Cream flowers appear along the branches in spring.
Melaleuca leucadendra (syn Melaleuca leucadendron)
Weeping Teatree. Tall stately tree to 20m along natural creek bank habitat.
Some forms have weeping foliage, others are more stiff in appearance. the most
striking feature is its almost pure white papery bark, whiter than other
species. The white bottlebrush flowers occur in autumn. The plant is happy in
clay soils.
Melaleuca nodosa
Small tree to 4m, a paperbark, which is covered in pale yellow ball flowers in
spring. Leaves are fine and needlelike.
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Paperbark Tea Tree. A spreading paperbark when grown in the open, to 8m tall.
It's usual habitat is swampy ground, as shown in photograph. It produces
white flowers in autumn, and a strong honey.
Melaleuca viridiflora
Broad Leaved Paperbark. Tree to 3 - 7 m with white paperbark, stiffish leaves, and bottlebrush flowers in late autumn to winter which are usually white to green, but red and crimson forms are known. Its natural habitat is wet sand.
Melastoma affine
Native lassiandra. Brittle shrub to 2 m, having dark green leaves to about 10 cm with a few prominent veins. Flowers are large, 7 cm, with usually 5 mauve petals. These are followed by fruits which split open to reveal red to purple flesh with numeous small seeds. It is supposed to be edible and to make your tongue go purple!
I have not found them to be tasty.
Melia azedarach
White Cedar. Large winter deciduous rainforest tree, which in the open has a
wide spread. Sprays of lilac flowers occur in spring followed by orange fruit
ripening in autumn at leaf fall and eaten by a number of bird species.
Melicope elleryana
Pink Evodia. (formerly Euodia elleryana) A large fast growing spreading, open
tree with a light coloured trunk, dark green leaves in triplets, and producing
masses of pink flowers along the branches in summer. The flowers and following
seeds are bird attracting.
