Alectryon diversifolius formerly Heterodendron diversifolium. [Alectryon = from the Greek word for rooster (refers to the cockscomb appearance of aril on the fruit), diversifolium = leaves of differing shapes, heterodendron = different tree]
Rather sparse shrubs, with mottled grey bark. The leaves which are pink and holly shaped when young, become green and plain later. It is slow growing, and the fruits are two lobed and egg-shaped. the seeds are black. The shrub plays host to the Daemels Blue and the Felders Line Blue Butterflies.
Family SAPINDACEAE
see Scrub Boonaree
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