who also carved the names of their vessels into the tree. When the tree was damaged by a tropical cyclone in 1887, part of the trunk was removed to the Queensland Museum. Distribution and habitat C. paniculatta has a wide natural distribution in tropical Asia and the Pacific, including Borneo, the Moluccas, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Caroline Islands, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and the Northern Territory and Queensland. In Australia it occurs from Kiama (34° S) in New South Wales to Cape York Peninsula, as well as Norfolk Island. It will grow in a variety of forest types including sandy beach forests, rainforests, monsoon forests and sclerophyll forests, and on a variety of soil types including soils derived from basalt, granite and limestone. It is often seen in coastal areas, but in northern parts of Queensland it can be found up to an altitude of . Ecology & Uses Celtis paniculata is a food tree for the blue beak, common aeroplane, tailed emperor and other butterflies. Many rainforest pigeons and other birds feed on the fruit. An endangered population of the beetle Menippus darcyi feeds on Celtis paniculata. The tree produces a useful general purpose timber, with a specific gravity of 0.70. Cultivation Removal of the flesh from the seed is not advised when sowing. Gallery References paniculata Rosales of Australia Trees of Australia Flora of Queensland Flora of New South Wales Flora of Norfolk Island Flora of Malesia Flora of the Caroline Islands Flora of New Guinea Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago) Flora of Vanuatu Flora of New Caledonia Taxa named by Stephan Endlicher Plants described in 1833