Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo food plants
Unique to North Queensland's Wet Tropics upland rainforest south from the Mt Carbine Tableland, Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo eats rainforest leaves and some fruits.
TREAT members living in suitable areas can consider planting, or identifying and protecting, Tree-kangaroo food plants on their properties. Member Margit Cianelli and her colleague Beth Stirn have kindly given TREAT this list of rainforest leaves popular with local Tree-kangaroos. Members can ask for advice on growing Tree-kangaroo food plants - contact the QPWS Restoration Services
The following list gives the Scientific Name the Common Name and the part of the plant eaten by the Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo - Leaf (L) or Flower (Fl) or Fruit (Fr).
- Aceratium doggrellii Buff Carabeen L
- Acronychia acidula Lemon Aspen L
- Agathis microstachya Bull Kauri L
- AIphitonia petriei Sarsaparilla L
- Alstonia schoIaris Milky Pine L
- Anthocarapa nitidula Incencewood L
- Argyrodendron peralatum Red Tulip Oak L
- Arytera divaricata Rose Tamarind L
- Austrosteenisia stipularis Blood Vine L
- Balanops australiana Pimply Ash L
- Castanospermum australe Black Bean L
- Castanospora alphandii Brown Tamarind L
- Cerbera inflata Cassowary Plum L
- Chionanthus ramiflora Northern Olive L
- Cryptocarya hypospodia Northern Laurel L, Fl.
- Cryptocarya mackinnoniana Rusty Laurel L
- Cryptocarya triplinervis Brown Laurel L
- Cupaniopsis flagellliformis var. flagelliformis Brown Tuckeroo L. Fr.
- Dendrocnide photinophylla Shining Leaved Stingingtree L
- Diploglottis diphyllostegia Native Tamarind L
- Dysoxylum pettigrewianum Spurwood L
- Elaeagnus triflora Milla Milla L
- Elaeocarpus grandis Blue Quandong L. Fr.
- Endiandra insignis Hairy Walnut L
- Euroschinus falcatus Pink Poplar L
- Faradaya splendida Potato Vine L
- Ficus superba Superb Fig L
- Flagellaria indica Supplejack L
- Flindersia acuminata Silver Silkwood L
- Flindersia pimenteliana Maple Silkwood Fl.
- Franciscodendron laurifolium Cabbage Crowsfoot L
- Hippocratea barbata Knot Vine L
- Hoya pottsii Hoya L
- Hymenosporum flavum Native Frangapani L
- Jagera pseudorhus var. integerrima Pink Tamarind L
- Litsea leefeana Bollywood L
- Maclura cochinchinensis Cockspur Thorn L
- Maesa dependens L
- Mallotus repandus L
- Mischocarpus lachnocarpus Woolly Pear Fruit Fr
- Myristica insipida Nutmeg L
- Neisosperma poweri Milkbush L
- Neolitsea dealbata Bollywood L, Fl
- Olea paniculata Native Olive L
- Piper hederaceum Pepper Vine L
- Pisonia aculeata Thorny Pisonia L
- Planchonella myrsinodendron Yellow Boxwood L
- Platycerium superbum Staghorn L
- Polyscias elegans Celerwood L
- Pothos longipes Pothos L, Fr.
- Premna acuminata Vitex L
- Prunus turneriana Almondbark L
- Ripogonum album White Supplejack L
- Sarcopteryx martyana L
- Schefflera actinophylla Umbrella Tree Fl.
- Steganthera laxiflora Tetra Beech L
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. pilosiuscula White Hazelwood L
- Syzygium cormiflorum Bumpy Satinash L
- Trichosanthes sp (Mt Lewis BG167) Rainforest Gourd L
- Xanthophyllum octandrum Macintyres Boxwood L
- Xanthostemon chrysanthus Golden penda L
Also see the Tree Kangaroo and Mammal Group website that has a more complete Tree Kangaroo food plants list, and also food plants for the Possums, Flying Foxes, Gliders and Cassowaries:
TKMG Habitat Food and Revegetation overview .
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