Onion Wood. 



(Owenia cepiodora, F.v.M.) 



A good all round cabinet timber such as this, certainly deserves a better common name, 

 for of all the specimens that have come under my notice, in no instance has an alliaceous odour 

 been detected when seasoned. It has the general facies of the Meliaceous timbers, being reddish 

 in colour, soft, easily worked and dressed, and takes a good polish. It is suitable for all kinds 

 of cabinet work, such as counters, wainscotting, furniture, doors, panelling, in fact, anything in 

 the cabinet line. It is very similar to Red Cedar, but slightly heavier and closer in the grain. 



Description of the Tree. A large brush tree with large pinnate leaves. Leaves 

 sometimes measuring 2 feet in length, oblique, thin, shining, with oblong-lanceolate 

 leaflets 5 to 6 inches long, numbering up to twenty. Flowers small, in broad axillary 

 panicles, about a foot long. Fruit a globular drupe with a rugose put amen, rose coloured, 

 under i inch in diameter. 



Geographical Range. Southern Coast districts of Queensland to Richmond River, 

 New South Wales. 





