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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Species information

Claoxylon tenerifolium subsp. tenerifolium     (F.Muell. ex Baill.) F.Muell.

This native tree is commonly known as Queensland brittlewood.

Claoxylon tenerifolium subsp. tenerifolium is described as a "dicot" in the Euphorbeaceae 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.

Recorded at Mt Walsh and Tinana Creek. Also reported at Wongi National Park, Mt Urah, St Mary, Mt Bauple, Takura and Mary River Heads. Usually dioecious, rarely monoecious (Gwen Harden, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame, John Williams. 2014. Rainforest Plants of Australia). Fruiting at Tinana Creek in February 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 10 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Boompa, Booral, Doongul, Howard, Magnolia, Mount Urah, River Heads, St Mary, Takura.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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