#leaf tip

Fagraea fragrans 

Highly-valued native tree 

30-40m

Leaf

oval-shaped with a protective leaf tip 

light green

5-8cm in length

Flower

creamy white, turning yellow with age 

blooms twice a year

strongly fragrant esp during late evenings

Fruit

round fruits 

green to orange to red

eaten by birds and flying foxes

Trunk

irregular boles 

Interesting points:

wood is used to make chopping boards

extremely tolerant to termite attack 

on the $5 note

can live for more than a hundred years 

branches in older trees tend to bend upwards in 90 degrees