This native shrub is commonly known as poison peach.
Trema tomentosa is described as a "dicot" in the Ulmaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Food plant for brown pigeon. Ripe fruit Tiaro, June 2016.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 38 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Bidwill, Boompa, Booral, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Craignish, Doongul, Duckinwilla, Dundathu, Gigoomgan, Glenorchy, Glenwood, Granville, Howard, Magnolia, Malarga, Mount Urah, Owanyilla, Pacific Haven, Poona, River Heads, St Mary, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Tandora, Teddington, Tiaro, Tinana, Tinnanbar, Toogoom, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Urraween, Walligan, Wondunna, Yengarie, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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