Planchonella australis

For the black apple cultivar in the U.S., see Arkansas Black.

Black apple
Fluted trunk of the black apple at Watagans National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Planchonella
Species:
P. australis
Binomial name
Planchonella australis
(R.Br.) Pierre (1890)[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Achras australis R.Br. (1810)
  • Pouteria australis (R.Br.) Baehni (1942)
  • Sapota australis (R.Br.) A.DC. (1844)
  • Sersalisia australis (R.Br.) (1928)
  • Sersalisia glabra A.Gray (1862)
  • Sideroxylon australe (R.Br.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex F.Muell. (1882)
  • Xantolis australis (R.Br.) Baehni (1965)

Planchonella australis, also known by the synonym Pouteria australis, is a medium to tall rainforest tree of the family Sapotaceae native to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It is known by the common name black apple, wild plum, yellow buttonwood,[2] black plum and yellow bulletwood.[3]

  1. ^ a b Planchonella australis (R.Br.) Pierre. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. ^ Elliot, Rodger W.; Jones, David L.; Blake, Trevor (1997). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Vol. 7. Port Melbourne: Lothian Press. p. 355. ISBN 0-85091-634-8.
  3. ^ Floyd, Alexander G., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia, Inkata Press 2008, ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3 pp. 406-07.