Peripentadenia


Peripentadenia is a genus of two species of large trees from the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. Sometimes they have the common name quandong.
Botanists have formally described two species, both endemic to restricted areas of the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland.
Both species have official recognition of at risk of extinction in the wild.

Species

Peripentadenia mearsii Buff or Grey Quandong – endemic to a restricted area of the Wet Tropics rainforestsPeripentadenia phelpsii – endemic to a very restricted part of the rainforests of the Mossman area of the Wet Tropics