Alternate name
Rusty Helicia
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Historical abundance
May have been more widespread before European settlement
Local distribution
Restricted to rainforest on volcanics and sub-coastal metasediments (quartzite)
Known location
Lyrebird Ridge Rd, Warrie NP, Upper Tallebudgera
General ecology
Slope or hill not specified
Habitat comment
Insufficient data
Threats
Land clearing for agriculture, and urban development, are the major threats to this species.
Management
Where ever possible field searches are required in an attempt to rediscover populations of this species in the field. Reservations of suitable populations should then be undertaken and the species established in botanic gardens.
Community type
Rainforest, Vine scrub, Vine forest, Closed forest, notophyll vine forest, mesophyll vine forest
Description
Tree to 20 m high. Trunk; crooked, often with multiple stems. Flower; October to November. Fruit; Drupe, succulent, indehiscent, shiny purplish-blue turning black when ripe, oval about 12 mm long
Citations
Queensland Herbarium August 1999, Briggs and Leigh 1996, Stanley and Ross 1983-1989 2:16, Harden 2:63
