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Alectryon oleifolius (Desf.) S.T.Reynolds

Reference
Austrobaileya 2:335 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Small tree or shrub, 0.75-8 m high. Fl. red-brown, Aug to Nov. Red sand, clay or loam, limestone, ironstone. Coastal plains,sand dunes, undulating plains, hills.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 September 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Mardabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Murchison, Northampton, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.