Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
Class
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
Family
ARALIACEAE
Genus
Heptapleurum
Species
actinophyllum
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Umbrella Tree
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
Not Local
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Rainforest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Spread readily by birds, bats and garden dumping.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
North Queensland native invading local bushland.
Biology
Growth form
Tree
Description
Tree to 10m, often multi-stemmed. Leaves compound with stalks up to 40cm long. Leaflets arranged umbrella-like (palmately), up to 30cm long. Small red flowers in sprays held above the foliage. Fruit dark red to 0.5cm long with a single seed.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Native to Northern Queensland. Do not inject stem while plant is in flower (can affect parrots feeding on the nectar).
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