Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Diospyros yandina
Gazetted date:
10 Jun 2016
Profile last updated:
11 Oct 2022
Description
Shiny-leaved Ebony can be a small tree up to 6 m tall but most specimens are shrubs of about 3 m. The larger stems are black and slightly fissured, and the branchlets are dark with numerous warty lumps. Fine, silvery or rusty hairs cover the new shoots, the leaf stalks and the backs of the younger leaves. The shiny leaves are about 4 – 7 cm long, feel rather papery and have distinct wavy edges. The summer fruits are round, hairy and may be red, yellow or brownish.
Distribution
In NSW this species is found only in Hogans Scrub at North Tumbulgum and on Mount Cougal, in the Tweed Valley. It also occurs in south-east Queensland.
Habitat and ecology
- It grows in the understorey of riverine or lowland subtropical rainforest.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Loss of habitat through clearing for agriculture or other development.
- Browsing and trampling by domestic stock.
- Infestation of habitat by weeds, particularly Lantana.
- Fire affecting the margins of rainforest habitats.
- Seed collection for horticulture.
- The species is susceptible to extinction via stochastic processes due to its small known population size and restricted distribution.
Recovery strategies
Priority actions are the specific, practical things that must be done to recover a threatened species, population or ecological
community. The Office of Environment and Heritage has identified
19 priority actions
to help recover the Shiny-leaved Ebony in New South Wales.
Activities to assist this species
- Buy plants only from licensed nurseries.
- Protect rainforest from fire.
- Exclude stock from rainforest areas by fencing.
- Control weeds.
- Protect known and potential rainforest habitat from clearing and development.
- Rehabilitate and expand habitat areas to enable regeneration of seedlings.
- Seek a permit from the DEC for the collection of seeds from wild plants.
- Report new records to the DEC.
Information sources
- Harden, G., McDonald, B. and Williams, J. (2006) Rainforest trees and shrubs: a field guide to their identification. (Gwen Harden Publishing, Nambucca Heads)
- Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) Flora of New South Wales Vol. 1. UNSW Press, Kensington, NSW.
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (2002) Threatened Species of the Upper North Coast of NSW: Flora. (NSW NPWS, Coffs Harbour)
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