Fruit. —Attention has already been directed to Cudgerie fruits in comparison 
with Teak fruits. Besides the roughened edges of the valves of the latter, those of 
the former are flatter and less pungent. 
Bark. —Smooth, and often glaucous. 
Timber. —It is a pale-coloured, (yellow when fresh, and. drying to a white or 
cream colour), generally useful wood, which shrinks but little in drying. It is 
rather hard and tough, and is hence sometimes objected, to on that score. A recent 
special use is for railway keys. It is often used as a substitute for Colonial Beech, 
which it resembles a good deal in outward appearance. It is used for shingles and 
staves, for flooring, and for general carpentry work. It is softer than Native Teak, 
and not so durable as that timber. The two timbers are really very different. 
I look upon Cudgerie as one of the most valuable of New South Wales 
timbers, and one whose merits will he more appreciated as it becomes better known. 
Exudation. —This tree yields a small quantity of gum similar to that of 
F. australis. 
Size. —It attains a large size, up to over 100 feet in height, and a diameter of 
over 3 feet. I have alluded to its size, in comparison with Teak, in Part XVII, p. 152. 
Habitat. —It is confined to northern New South Wales and Queensland. 
The type was found “ In svlvis liumidioribus Australia orientalis a fluvio Hastings 
ad sinum Repulse Bay.” 
I do not know its northern limit in Queensland. Bentham records it from 
Wide Bay (Bidwill); Cumberland Islands (Herb. E. Mueller); Brisbane River 
(A. Cunningham). I have it from Cairns (E. Betche); Gympie (Hr. Hamilton - 
Kenny); and other localities. 
In New South Wales it does not appear to have been recorded south of the 
Hastings River (Tozer, not Thozet as stated in the Flora Australiensis). From 
thence it is not uncommon, in brush forests, to the Queensland border. 
At Taylor’s Arm there is a fair supply scattered in the brushes.— (Hist. 
Forester T. II. Wilshire.) 
The same gentleman says :— 
In speaking of the Ash from Mt. Yarrahappini, there is a fair supply to be had ; the trees attain 
fair height with rather small barrels. It is not used much locally. 
But S. G. E. Smith, Stewart’s Pt., Macleav River, asserts that:— 
There are about 1,000,000 feet of this (Mountain Ash) growing in one spot on Mt. Yarrahappini ; 
the barrels of some are 80 feet in length. 
It is plentiful in the brush forests of the Macpherson Range (W. Dunn). 
