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Cheese Tree

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Glochidion ferdinandi

cheese tree​

Plant Number: 11

Common Name: Cheese Tree

Scientific Name: Glochidi​on ferdinandi

Derivation of name

Glochidion from Greek glchin or glchis projecting point, barb of an arrow, referring to the toothed leaf style of some species

ferdinandi after Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller (1825-1896)

Description​

  • Tree to 25 metres
  • Alternate waxy leaves which may vary in size to 16 cm
  • Tiny yellowish flowers in clusters

  • Fruit to 20 mm, green to pink when ripe

​Human uses

Hardy, fast growing tree used in gardens to attract birds

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Last reviewed 04 May 2021
Last updated 04 May 2021