''Guioa semiglauca'', known as the guioa or wild quince, is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows from Kioloa (35° S) near

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in southern

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(20° S) in tropical

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. It grows in many different types of rainforest, particularly common in regenerating areas and on sand in

littoral The littoral zone or nearshore is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely inundated), to coastal a ...

rainforest.

Description

Growing to around 20 metres tall, and 43 cm in diameter, though often seen much smaller than this. The outer bark is smooth, often coloured and patterned by various lichens. The outer bark is similar to

coachwood ''Ceratopetalum apetalum'', the coachwood, scented satinwood or tarwood, is a medium-sized hardwood tree, straight-growing with smooth, fragrant, greyish bark. It is native to eastern Australia in the central and northern coastal rainforests of ...

, however it is more fluted and irregular. The veiny leaflets are pinnate 5 to 10 cm long. The midrib extends beyond the leaf to form a tiny tip. Green above, whitish glaucous below. The yellow/green flowers form around September to November. The fruiting capsule matures from January to May. The seeds are oval covered by a thin layer of fleshy aril. Fruit eaten by a large variety of birds, including the

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Uses

Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

used the saponin in the bark as a fish poison.

Gallery

Image:Guioa semiglauca Foxground1.jpg, stand of ''Guioa semiglauca'' growing on the Illawarra Escarpment south west of

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Image:Guioa semiglauca Foxground2.JPG, stand of ''Guioa semiglauca'' growing on the Illawarra Escarpment south west of

Image:Guioa semiglauca Seven Mile Beach.JPG, ''Guioa semiglauca'' growing behind

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5616630 semiglauca Sapindales of Australia Trees of Australia Flora of Queensland Flora of New South Wales