Mallotus paniculatus

Mallotus paniculatus (Lam.) Müll.Arg. (1865) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld. and central eastern Qld..
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 800 m.
This species is favoured by disturbance and is a typical regrowth species in lowland and upland rain forest.
Also occurs in Asia and Malesia.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References: 

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Mallotus paniculatus (Lam.) Müll.Arg. (1865): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/59489/api/apni-format . 
Viewed: 2026 April 20th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Mallotus paniculatus (Lam.) Mull.Arg. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Mallotus_paniculatus.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 April 20th . 

• Forster Paul I and David A Halford, Qld Herbarium (2026) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Mallotus paniculatus (Lam.) Muell.Arg. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th and Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status viewed 2026 April 20th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (188, 189–) 190 (–191).
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

• Forster Paul I (1999 December 29) 
A taxonomic revision of Mallotus Lour. (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia.
Austrobaileya 5 (3) : 457–497 . 
→ https://www.jstor.org/stable/41738925 . 
Viewed: 2026 April 20th . 

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