Common Name
Small-leaved Hazelwood
Alternate name
Shrubby Hazelwood
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Historical abundance
Possibly more wide spread prior to European settlement
Local distribution
Restricted to rainforest on volcanics
Known location
Springbrook, Currumbin Valley
General ecology
Slope or hill not specified
Habitat comment
Grows on less fertile rhyolite soils
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 to maintain genetic diversity and species provenance and the species established in botanic gardens.
Community type
Rainforest, Vine scrub, Vine forest, Closed forest, notophyll vine forest, mesophyll vine forest
Description
Shrub/subShrub/undershrub to 7 m high. Flowers; Cream, June to September. Fruit; a shiny succulent drupe, deep red, oval 8-10 mm long. January to February
Citations
Queensland Herbarium August 1999, Briggs and Leigh 1996, Stanley and Ross 1983-1989 2:273, Harden 3:437, Floyd p395
