Common Name
Long-leaved Tuckeroo
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 sub-coastal metasediments, alluviums and volcanics
Known location
Mt Tamborine, Darlington Rg, Mudgeeraba, Nerang, Neranwood, Currumbin Valley, Numinbah Valley, Austinville
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
Small tree to 6 m high. Leaves attractive pink flush in spring and autumn, fruit; red in late spring
Citations
Queensland Herbarium August 1999, Briggs and Leigh 1996, Harden 2:296, Floyd p357
