This introduced tree is commonly known as fiddlewood.
Citharexylum spinosum is described as a "dicot" in the Verbenaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Present as a garden escapee in some bushland areas near houses.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 2 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Toogoom.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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