About Endiandra sieberi Nees
Endiandra sieberi Nees is a medium-sized tree that grows up to 30 metres tall, with a trunk reaching up to 90 cm in diameter. It is a common tree found in lowland rainforests and some mountain rainforests, and it is particularly common in sandy soils in littoral rainforests. Its corky bark provides protection from fire. This species grows along the eastern Australian coast, from Kioloa (35° S) near Batemans Bay in southern New South Wales north to the islands of Moreton Bay (27° S) in south-eastern Queensland. Common names for Endiandra sieberi include corkwood, hard corkwood, corkwood laurel, and pink corkwood. The timber of this tree is light-coloured, hard, and close-grained. During colonial times, its bark was tried as a substitute for cork from the cork oak, but it was not successful for this use.
