Cocky Apple or Billygoat Plum

Description:

A small, deciduous, straggly tree with light green leaves that turn orange before falling off. Flowers are large, fleshy, & white with numerous pink and white stamens 5-6cm long; usually open in the evening and fall by next morning. Fruit is green, egg-shaped, smooth & fibrous inside. The fruit were eaten by Aborigines and many parts of the plant were used for a wide range of medicinal purposes. The fruit are readily eaten by cockatoos and goats. The bark and roots were also used as a fish poison.

Habitat:

Found throughout northern Australia & down the east coast to Fraser Island.