Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Alchornea ilicifolia

Flowers. Photographer Mark Marathon, Mt Archer National Park, Rockhampton, Qld

Flower clusters and leaves. Photographer Mark Marathon, Mt Archer National Park, Rockhampton, Qld

Leaves and ripe seed case. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Shrub. Photographer Mark Marathon, Mt Archer National Park, near Rockhampton, Qld

Common name

Dovewood, Native Holly

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Where found

Forest. Coast and ranges north from Kiama.

Notes

Tree or shrub to 7 m high. Leaf margins with spine-tipped teeth at the tips of each angle. Bark greyish white, smooth, with lenticels and minute blisters. Young stems hairy with brownish hairs, usually becoming hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2–13 cm long, 10–70 mm wide, stiff, prominently veined, hairless, margins with very coarse angles. Male and female flowers on different plants. Flowers cream to greenish, with 4 'petals' each 1–2 mm long. Flower spikes to about 3 cm long.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Alchornea~ilicifolia   (accessed 2 January, 2021)