Owenia reticulata F.Muell.

Tree to 10 m or more tall with bole to 25 cm diam. and very dense crown; bark grey, corky to deeply fissured; leafy shoots 1.5–2 cm diam., older ones ruggedly cicatrose. Leaves in dense terminal spirals, 20–35 cm long, usually 2–4-jugate with terminal process; petiole 6–10 cm long. Leaflets usually opposite, ovate or broadly ovate-lanceolate, 10–20 cm long, 4–10 cm wide, asymmetric at base, obtuse to emarginate and mucronate at apex, coriaceous, glabrous, adaxially smooth; venation reticulate, prominent abaxially. Thyrses 10–20 cm long, branching divaricate. Sepals orbicular, c. 2 mm long. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 4 mm long, white. Staminal tube often bearing free filaments as long as tube. Drupe 3–4 cm diam., red or purplish.

A tropical plant. It grows in tropical and subtropical places. It grows in arid and semi-arid regions. It grows in seasonally dry tropical regions. It needs good drainage and a sunny location. Plants are hardy to frost.

The foliage is palatable to stock and the dense crown provides welcome shade. The fruit is baked and eaten. The seed-oil is used to rub into sores.

Plants can be grown from seed. Seed may be difficult to germinate.