This small rainforest tree has a upright light brown trunk and spreading branches that form an open rounded crown. It has divided leaves with glossy green oblong leaflets and the small cup-shaped yellowish flowers appear in a cluster during spring. 

Hardiness zones 10 to 12 

Toechima tenax is naturally found in Australia from the Bellinger River in New South Wales to Tallebudgera in south-east Queensland growing in sub tropical rainforest. 

It prefers well drained moist, fertile loam in an open sunny position and is drought and frost tender. 

The Pitted Leaf Steelwood is a small tree that is grown for its foliage and its attractive fruit. It is planted in tropical settings as a specimen or in borders and is suitable for coastal regions. It is also used as a street tree or grown in parks, establishing in 3 to 5 years. ID 2055

Toechima (toe-KHE-ma) tenax (TEN-aks)

Sapindaceae (sap-in-DAY-see-ee) 
Litchi, Maple, Horse Chestnut and Hop Bush Family