Polyscias elegans

Polyscias elegans

Polyscias elegans
“Celery Wood”

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TREE TO 25 METRES TALLSlender, fast growing habit, bark has faint celery smell, very large foliage leaves, small flowers, profuse attractive purple fruit attracts birds & butterflies. Timber suitable for models.

Suitability
Category	Tall Trees: 10m & Over
Family	Araliaceae
Aspect	Full Shade / Filtered Sun
Soil	Moist
Habitat	Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Features
Bird Attracting, Butterfly Plants, Creek Species, Narrow Area & Fence Plantings, Native Timber Trees, Rainforest Garden Plants
Localities
Alderley, Annerley, Anstead, Archerfield, Ashgrove, Bellbowrie, Buranda, Burbank, Capalaba West, Carindale, Chandler, Chapel Hill, Chelmer, Clayfield, Coopers Plains, Corinda, Cubberla Creek, Dorrington, Enoggera, Enoggera Catchment, Enoggera Ck Corridor, Everton Park, Ferny Grove, Fruitgrove, Gaythorne, Graceville, Grovely, Gumdale, Hemmant, Hill End, Ipswich area, Jamboree Heights, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Keperra, Logan City, Lota, MacKenzie, Manly, Manly West, Mansfield, Middle Park, Mitchelton, Moggill, Moorooka, Mt Coot-tha, Mt Gravatt East, Mt Ommaney, Murarrie, Oakleigh, Oxford Park, Oxley, Pine Rivers, Pinjarra Hills, Priestdale, Pullenvale, Queensport, Ransome, River Hills, Rocklea, Runcorn, Salisbury, Seventeen Mile Rocks, Sherwood, South Brisbane, South Stradbroke Island, St Lucia, Sumner, Sunshine Coast district, The Gap, Tingalpa, Trinder Park, Underwood, Wakerley, West End, Westlake, Wynnum, Wynnum West, Yeerongpilly, Yeronga
Host Plant For These Butterflies
Dark Pencilled-Blue (Candalides consimilis)
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)