Guioa semiglauca

Guioa semiglauca
“Wild Quince”

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TREE TO 10 METRES TALLSmooth grey or patchy bark, attractive foliage (dark green above & pale grey-green below) Yellow-green flowers in Sept/Nov. , & medium green fruit which attracts many local birds. Bark used by Aborigines as a fish poison.

Suitability
Category	Small Trees up to 10m
Family	Sapindaceae
Aspect	Full Sun / Filtered Sun
Soil	Adaptable
Habitat	Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Features
Bird Attracting, Frost Tolerant Plants
Localities
Alderley, Ashgrove, Auchenflower, Bardon, Bracken Ridge, Bridgeman Downs, Carseldine, Chapel Hill, Chelmer, Clayfield, Corinda, Cubberla Creek, Deagon, Doboy, Dorrington, Enoggera, Enoggera Catchment, Enoggera Ck Corridor, Everton Park, Ferny Grove, Fortitude Valley, Gaythorne, Graceville, Grovely, Hill End, Indooroopilly, Ipswich area, Ironside, Ithaca, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Keperra, Lindum, Logan City, Lytton, Meeandah, Milton, Mitchelton, Myrtletown, Normanby, Nudgee Beach, Oakleigh, Oxford Park, Oxley, Pine Rivers, Pinjarra Hills, Pinkenba, Pullenvale, Rainworth, Rosalie, Sherwood, Sunshine Coast district, Toowong, Torwood, Upper Brisbane Valley - Water courses, Upper Brookfield, Westlake, Woolloongabba
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)