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Byron Bay Acronychia

Acronychia baeuerlenii

Byron Bay Acronychia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Byron Bay acronychia is a small rainforest tree or shrub from eastern Australia, typically reaching about 10 m, with glossy leaves and fleshy fruit. It is a rainforest understorey species and is rarely grown in gardens, so growing advice is limited.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist in the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-drained loam; tolerates alluvial or basaltic soils.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
wet tropical

About

Acronychia baeuerlenii, commonly known as Byron Bay acronychia, is a species of rainforest shrub or small tree endemic to eastern Australia. It has simple, glabrous leaves, small groups of flowers and fleshy oval fruit.

Where it grows

Byron Bay acronychia is found between the Richmond River, New South Wales in New South Wales to Lamington National Park just over the border in Queensland. It is an understorey plant in warm temperate rainforest, occasionally in sub tropical rainforest on richer alluvial or basaltic soils, up to 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level.

Other Acronychia plants

Acid Berry · Lemon Aspen · White aspen · Thornton Aspen · Mountain Aspen · Crater Aspen · Eungella Aspen · Beach acronychia · Hard Aspen · Scented Acronychia · White Aspen · Doughwood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acronychia baeuerlenii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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