Tuckeroo

By Geoff Holloway

Tuckeroo (Cupianopsis anacardioides) is a fast-growing tree that is suitable for warmer coastal areas, medium native tree with a dense, widely spreading crown, shiny foliage, bears greenish yellow flowers in spring followed by yellow/orange fleshy berries contained in showy orange seed pods in summer. Tuckeroo trees establish quickly and live for 50 – 60 years to a height of 5-8 metres and is a widely grown street tree in Ipswich.

The wood is pinkish/red, dense at 830kg/m3, not commercially or readily available but turns and finishes nicely.