Glochidion ferdinandi

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Glochidion ferdinandi
“Cheese Tree”

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TREE TO 10 TO 25 METRES TALLFast growing with glossy green leaves to 10cm long, insignificant flowers & Edam cheese shaped fruit that attracts birds. Butterfly host. Good shade tree.

Suitability
Category	Tall Trees: 10m & Over
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Aspect	Full Sun / Filtered Sun
Soil	Moist, Well-composted
Habitat	Riparian Community
Features
Bird Attracting
Localities
Ascot, Balmoral, Belmont, Bowen Hills, Bracken Ridge, Bridgeman Downs, Camp Hill, Cannon Hill, Carina, Carina Heights, Carseldine, Chermside West, Coorparoo, Cubberla Creek, Dutton Park, East Brisbane, Eight Mile Plains, Ekibin, Enoggera Catchment, Fortitude Valley, Gordon Park, Grange, Greenslopes, Herston, Holland Park, Ipswich area, Kangaroo Point, Karawatha, Kelvin Grove, Kuraby, Logan City, Lutwyche, MacGregor, McDowall, Morningside, Mt Gravatt, Nathan, New Farm, Newmarket, Norman Park, Pine Rivers, Robertson, Rochedale, Seven Hills, South Stradbroke Island, Spring Hill, Stafford, Stafford Heights, Stones Corner, Sunny bank Hills, Sunnybank, Sunshine Coast district, Tarragindi, Teneriffe, Wellers Hill, Whites Hill, Wilston
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)
Nectar & Pollen Food source for Birds Below
Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta), Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), Musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia), Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta), Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)