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Australian rosewood (Alectryon oleifolius)
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Australian rosewood

Alectryon oleifolius · Sapindaceae · all Alectryon records · also called Cattle Bush · Wikipedia

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Cattle Bush is sourced through the resistant and retardant plants reference, titled Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants. Its lineage is preserved with the other citations in the evidence table.

The record is limited evidence. That classification follows the accepted coverage shown by the current source rows, without adding test conditions or measurements not present for Alectryon oleifolius.

Cattle Bush is also on-list. The recommendation has its own traceable basis in the listing evidence, distinct from the role of the named plant reference in establishing the record's lineage.

Form
shrub
Region
Australia; Victoria, Australia
Rated in
Global; Victoria, Australia
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global; Victoria, Australia

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

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Listed without a rating (2)
Corroboration (2 rows from 1 source)
  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    2 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Scarff2006: Scarff, F. R., & Westoby, M. (2006). Leaf litter flammability in some semi-arid Australian woodlands. Functional Ecology, 20, 745-752.

      Shared row context: plant part litter; fuel all; predrying no; device burning bench; site Scarff2006-1; sampling ND.

      • “energy flux (kW/m²): 0.29”

        FLAMITS record 12336; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 42.49”

        FLAMITS record 12347; Consumability measurement.

Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Alectryon oleifolius (Cattle Bush). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/alectryon-oleifolius/. Last verified 2026-08-23.