Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan

Common name: Red-fruited Kurrajong, Peanut Tree

Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)

Distribution: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IUCN Red list: Least Concern

Life form: Evergreen tree

Comments: Distribution - occurs in rainforests, vine thickets and gallery forests of northern Australia and down the east coast to northern New South Wales. Aboriginal people heated the leaves and made a poultice for marine and insect stings and a bark infusion was used to treat eye disorders.