Level of Significance
- File
- Local
- Regional
- State
- National
Age
?yrsTrees
1Diameter
3mHeight - 13m
Details
Common name
Cassine Crocea
Botanical name
Elaeodendron croceum
Type
Specimen
Condition
Poor
Municipality
Corangamite (VIC)
Location
Camperdown Botanic Gardens, Cnr Park Road And Park Lane, Camperdown VIC 3260
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
- Rare (Scientific)
- Outstanding species (Scientific)
- Landscape (Social)
- Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
- Attractive (Aesthetic)
Date of measurement
26 Jan 2004
Date of classification
09 Apr 1987
Statement of Significance
This tree is a fine example of the species which is listed on the IUCN Worlds Rare and Threatened Species List. It is unusual in cultivation in Victoria, occuring in provincial botanic gardens and early Victorian gardens. This evergreen tree is medium to tall with a neat, upright shape. The bark is grayish, leaves are coarse and black. and flowers are tiny.<BR>In its natural habitat, Elaeodendron croceum occurs on the margins of coastal and other moist inland forests of Mozambique and Cape Province, South Africa