Jose essentially created the first eco-friendly attraction in Queensland .
Today, we have an incredible combination of the 7,500 plants, trees and ferns Jose and his wife Margarita planted plus the growth that has occurred over the past 70 years. The park has become an amazing habitat for hundreds of varieties of birds, butterflies, fish and many other animals.
While the most dominant feature of a rainforest is the trees, there are many other plant forms such as vines, orchids, palms, ferns, gingers, lilies, etc. Rainforests in this region are termed Tropical, and can be found near Mackay (Eungella) and from Townsville to Cape York Peninsula. They are the most luxuriant of the Australian Rainforests.
Below is a partial list of the trees and plants found in Paronella Park.
GLOCHIDION PARAKENSE
Buttonwood or Cheese Tree
XANTHOSTEMON WHITEI
Red Penda
TOONA AUSTRALIS
Red Cedar
FICUS BENJAMINA
Weeping Fig
DYSOXYLUM DECANDRUM
Ivory Mahogany
CASTANOSPERNUM AUSTRALE
Black Bean
MALLOTUS POLYADENOS
Kamala
MYRISTICA INSIPIDA
Native Nutmeg
PIPER CANINUM
Pepper Vine
CARNARVONIA ARALIIFOLIA
Caledonian or Red Silky Oak
XANTHOSTEMON CHRYSANTHUS
Golden Penda
POLYSCIAS AUSTRALIANA
Ivory Basswood
NEOLITSEA DEALBATA
Grey Bollywood
SYNIMA CORDIERI
Synima
BOWENIA SPECTABILIS
(A Zamiad)
ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS
Milky Pine
SYZYGIUM KURANDA
Kuranda Satinash
LIANE
(Large woody vines which loop from tree to tree)
OPISTHIOLEPSIS HETEROPHYLLA
Blush Silky Oak
SYZYGIUM GUSTAVIOIDES
Grey Satinash
ROCKINGHAMIA AUGUSTIFOLIA
Kamala
LEPIDOZAMIA HOPEI
Zamia or Pineapple Palm
FLINDERSIA BRAYLEYANA
Queensland Maple
FICUS VARIEGATA
Figwood
ELAEOCARPUS KIRTONII
Silver Quandong
ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA
Giant Fern (Lovers Lane and the Fernery)
RHODOMYRTUS MACROCARPA
Finger Cherry
BARRINGTONIA CALYPTRATA
Cassowary Pine
LIVISTONA Sp.
Weeping Cabbage Palm
POLYSCIAS ELEGANS
Silver Basswood or Celerywood
FICUS DESTRUENS
Strangler Fig
CARDWELLIA SUBLIMIS
Northern Silky Oak
DAVIDSONIA PRURIENS
Davidson's Plum
ALEURITES MOLUCCANA
Candle Nut
CHRYSALIDOCARPUS LUTESCENS
Golden Cane Palm
AGATHIS ROBUSTA
Queensland Kauri Pine (Kauri Avenue)
CHUKRASIA TABULARIS
Chittagong
GMELINA ARBOREA
Snapdragon Tree
TECTONA GRANDIS
Indian Teak
EUCALYPTUS TORELLIANA
Cadagi
ELAEOCARPUS GRANDIS
Blue Quandong
DYSOXYLUM PETTIGREWIANUM
Spur Mahogany
FICUS VIRENS
Banyan
ARCHONTOPHOENIX ALEXANDRAE
Alexandra Palm
PTYCHOSPERMA MACARTHURII
MacArthur Palm
CYATHEA REBECCAE
Tree Fern
ALSTONIA MUELLERANA
Milkwood
GMELINA FASCICULIFLORA
Northern White Beech
EUODIA ELLERYANA
Pink Evodia (Larval food plant for Ulysses butterflies)
ENDIANDRA PALMERSTONII
Queensland Walnut
SCHEFFLERA ACTINOPHYLLA
Umbrella Tree
BEAUMONTIA GRANDIFLORA
Nepal Trumpet Flower
Japoonvale Rd (Old Bruce Highway)
PO Box 88
Mena Creek
Queensland 4871
Australia
