Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Tuckeroo

Cupaniopsis anacardioides
“Tuckeroo”

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TREE TO 8 METRES TALLDense foliage, greenish-white flowers & attractive orange fruits which attract birds & Common Pencilled-blue, Bright Cornelian & many other butterfly species . Salt spray tolerant. Good shade or street tree.

Suitability
Category	Small Trees up to 10m
Family	Sapindaceae
Aspect	Full Sun / Filtered Sun
Soil	Adaptable
Habitat	Coastal
Features
Bird Attracting, Butterfly Plants, Clay Tolerant Species, Fire Retardant plants, Frost Tolerant Plants, Rainforest Garden Plants, Sandstone or Shale Area Plants, Seaside Plantings, Shade Providing Trees, Windbreaks
Localities
Acacia Ridge, Albion, Algester, Balmoral, Banyo, Belmont, Boondall, Coorparoo, Cubberla Creek, Eagle Farm, Eagle Junction, East Brisbane, Eight Mile Plains, Ekibin, Fitzgibbon, Greenslopes, Hamilton, Hendra, Highgate Hill, Holland Park, Ipswich area, Kalinga, Kuraby, Logan City, Lota, MacGregor, Manly, Manly West, Mayne, Morningside, Newstead, Norman Park, Northgate, Nudgee, Pine Rivers, Robertson, Rochedale, South Stradbroke Island, Sunny bank Hills, Sunshine Coast district, Taigum, Taringa, Tarragindi, Toombul, Upper Mt Gravatt, Wellers Hill, Windsor, Wishart, Wynnum, Zillmere
Host Plant For These Butterflies
Bright Cornelian (Deudorix diovis), Common Pencilled-blue (Candalides absimilis), Cyane Jewel (Hypochrysops cyane)), Fiery Jewel (hypochrysops ignitus), Glistening Line-blue (Sahulana scintillata), Hairy Line-blue (Erysichton lineatus), Indigo Flash (Rapala varuna simsoni), Large Purple Line-blue (Nacaduba berenice), Short-tailed Line-blue (Prosotas felderi), White-banded Line-blue (Nacaduba kurava parma)
Fruit & Berry Food source for Birds Below
Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris), Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina), Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela), Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)