Status:
valid
Authors:
S.Moore
Source:
wcs
Year:
1925
Citation Micro:
J. Bot. 63(Suppl.): 95 (1925)
WFO Identifier:
wfo-0000973498
Common Names
- Glochidion prinoides
- Prinoides Buttonwood
- Prinoides Cheese Tree
Description
Glochidion prinoides (also called Prickly Cheese Tree, among many other common names) is a small to medium-sized tree native to the east coast of Australia. It has a rounded habit and grows to a height of 10 m. Its leaves are oblong to elliptic in shape and are 5-10 cm long. It is found in rainforest margins and in wet sclerophyll forests.
Uses & Benefits
Glochidion prinoides is used as an ornamental plant in gardens due to its attractive foliage and flowers. It is also used in traditional medicine to treat various ailments such as fever, colds, and headaches.
Flower, Seeds and Seedlings
Glochidion prinoides has small, white flowers with five petals and a yellow center. The seed is a small, brown, oval-shaped capsule. The seedlings have two small, oval-shaped cotyledons and two small, oval-shaped leaves.
Where to Find Glochidion prinoides
Glochidion prinoides is native to Australia and can be found in moist forests and woodlands in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland.
Species in the Glochidion genus
Glochidion daviesii,
Glochidion cuspidatum,
Glochidion welzenii,
Glochidion anamiticum,
Glochidion auii,
Glochidion azaleon,
Glochidion bachmaense,
Glochidion balansae,
Glochidion barronense,
Glochidion beccarii,
Glochidion beehleri,
Glochidion beguinii,
Glochidion benguetense,
Glochidion benthamianum,
Glochidion borgmannii,
Glochidion brideliifolium,
Glochidion brooksii,
Glochidion bullatissimum,
Glochidion butonicum,
Glochidion cacuminum,
Glochidion cagayanense,
Glochidion caloneurum,
Glochidion calospermum,
Glochidion camiguinense,
Glochidion canescens,
Glochidion carrickii,
Glochidion carrii,
Glochidion castaneum,
Glochidion cauliflorum,
Glochidion cenabrei,
Glochidion chademenosocarpum,
Glochidion chevalieri,
Glochidion chlamydogyne,
Glochidion chodoense,
Glochidion chondrocarpum,
Glochidion collectorum,
Glochidion conostylum,
Glochidion coriaceum,
Glochidion coronulatum,
Glochidion cupreum,
Glochidion curranii,
Glochidion daltonii,
Glochidion decorum,
Glochidion delticola,
Glochidion dichromum,
Glochidion discogyne,
Glochidion disparilaterum,
Glochidion disparipes,
Glochidion dodecapterum,
Glochidion dolichostylum,
Species in the Phyllanthaceae family
Actephila alanbakeri,
Actephila saccata,
Actephila albidula,
Actephila anthelminthica,
Actephila aurantiaca,
Actephila collinsiae,
Actephila daii,
Actephila dolichopoda,
Actephila excelsa,
Actephila foetida,
Actephila grandifolia,
Actephila latifolia,
Actephila lindleyi,
Actephila longipedicellata,
Actephila macrantha,
Actephila mearsii,
Actephila merrilliana,
Actephila mooreana,
Actephila nitidula,
Actephila ovalis,
Actephila petiolaris,
Actephila pierrei,
Actephila platysepala,
Actephila puberula,
Actephila sessilifolia,
Actephila subsessilis,
Actephila trichogyna,
Actephila bella,
Actephila championiae,
Actephila flavescens,
Actephila plicata,
Actephila traceyi,
Actephila venusta,
Actephila vernicosa,
Actephila forsteri,
Amanoa almerindae,
Amanoa anomala,
Amanoa bracteosa,
Amanoa caribaea,
Amanoa congesta,
Amanoa cupatensis,
Amanoa glaucophylla,
Amanoa gracillima,
Amanoa guianensis,
Amanoa muricata,
Amanoa nanayensis,
Amanoa neglecta,
Amanoa oblongifolia,
Amanoa sinuosa,
Amanoa steyermarkii,