English: Northern silky oak; Bull oak; Golden spanglewood; Golden lacewood; Golden oak; oongaary.
Genus: 1 species.
Region: northeastern Queensland, Australia.
Habitat: rainforests of the wet tropics; from sea level to an altitude of 1000 m.
Use: ornamental in parks; valuable timber tree; wood easy to work with and shows an attractive grain similar to that of oak, for cabinet and veneer work.
BotanyLarge trees; tall, often emergent; 30 m tall, only half this size in cultivation.
Stem: bark is thin; no buttressing.
Leaves: compound, with 17 leaflets; entire, juvenile leaves are generally pinnate and large, 65 cm long, composed of 3 to 10 pairs of oval to oblong leaflets, each 9 to 18 cm long and 4 to 7 cm wide.
Inflorescences: white; 9 to 16 cm long.
Flowers: cream-white; showy; blooming profuse in late spring and summer.
Fruit: woody oval follicles; 8 to 11 cm long and 5 to 6 cm wide; contain 8 to 12 winged seeds each; prominently displayed outside the canopy.