Leaves: Leaves are compound, soft and green but reddish when young.

Flowers: Red cedars produce white flowers from October to November. 

Fruit: The fruit is a capsule which splits open into five segments when dry. Seeds are winged. Fruit is ripe from January to March.

 
Found in subtropical rainforest and in scrubby areas often bordering creeks and rivers.
 
 

Hauser, J. (1992) Fragments of Green - An Identification Field Guide for Rainforest Plants of the Greater Brisbane Region, Rainforest Conservation Society, Queensland.

Nan & Hugh Nicholson (1985, 1988, 1991,1994) Australian Rainforest Plants I, II, III & IV, Terania Rainforest Publishing, Australia.