Paratrophis pendulina
| Botanical Name: | Paratrophis pendulina |
| Common Name: | whalebone tree, white handlewood, axe-handle wood, grey handlewood, prickly fig |
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| Botanical Name | Paratrophis pendulina |
| Common Names | whalebone tree, white handlewood, axe-handle wood, grey handlewood, prickly fig |
| Synonyms | Boehmeria castaneifolia, Morus brunoniana, Morus pendulina, Procris castaneifolia, Pseudomorus brunoniana, Pseudomorus brunoniana scabra, Pseudomorus brunoniana subvar. castaneifolia, Pseudomorus brunoniana var. australiana, Pseudomorus brunoniana var. obtusa, Pseudomorus brunoniana var. obtusata, Pseudomorus brunoniana var. pendulina, Pseudomorus brunoniana var. sandwicensis, Pseudomorus brunoniana var. scabra, Pseudomorus brunonianus, Pseudomorus brunonianus var. sandwicensis, Pseudomorus pendulina, Pseudomorus pendulina var. australiana, Pseudomorus pendulina var. obtusa, Pseudomorus pendulina var. sandwicensis, Pseudomorus sandwicensis, Streblus brunonianus, Streblus pendulinus, Streblus sandwicensis |
Streblus brunonianus, known as the whalebone tree, is a small tree in the fig family. Commonly seen in a variety different types of rainforest, particularly by streams.
Streblus brunonianus occurs from near Milton (35° S) in the southern Illawarra district of New South Wales to Cape York Peninsula at the top of Australia. It also occurs in New Guinea and other Pacific Islands.
Other common names include the white handlewood, axe-handle wood, grey handlewood and prickly fig.
