Trema

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Poison peach, Trema tomentosa , is so called because its leaves are poisonous to horses and other stock. This might be thought to protect the plant from herbivores but, on our site, young plants are often eaten to the ground by red-necked wallabies. Birds eat the tiny black fruit, which are produced in quantity over several months.

The trema leaf has three prominent veins from the leaf base. They differentiate trema from the superficially similar lantana

Here is lantana, with a single main vein. The leaves feel rough when rubbed between the fingers and they have a strong and characteristic smell.