Celery Wood 

Polyscias elegans

Common Name: Celery Wood 

Scientific name: Polyscias elegans
 
Height: Celery Wood can grow up to 20m in its natural habitat.  

Bark: It has a long slender trunk 

Leaves: It has few to no branches between the base of the tree and the palm-like spreading crown which can reach 6m across. 

Flowers: Flowers purple to black, with 5 petals each 2-3 mm long, turned back when the flower is open 

Fruit: 5–6 mm long, purple-black when ripe 

First Nations uses: A stick of the Celery Wood can be used as a stirring spoon. 


 
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Geographical location:.Southern NSW to Northern Australia 
 
Conservation status: Least concern 


Photo & Research by: Sapphire Dilnot 

Interesting fact:

The leaves are crushed they smell strongly of celery, hence its common name. Celery Wood provides food for many native birds and it is a larval food plant for the caterpillars of the Pencilled Blue butterfly.