Glochidion ferdinandi

Glochidion ferdinandi
Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Glochidion
Species:
G. ferdinandi
Binomial name
Glochidion ferdinandi
Synonyms
  • Phyllanthus ferdinandi Müll.Arg.
  • Diasperus ferdinandi (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
  • Glochidion ferdinandi var. minor Benth.
  • Glochidion ferdinandi var. pubens Maiden ex Airy Shaw
  • Phyllanthus ferdinandi var. minor Benth.

Glochidion ferdinandi, with common names that include cheese tree (see below), is a species of small to medium–sized trees, constituting part of the plant family Phyllanthaceae. They grow naturally across eastern Australia, from south–eastern New South Wales northwards to northern and inland Queensland, in rainforests and humid eucalypt forests. Frugivorous birds such as pigeons, figbirds and parrots consume its fruit.