The fast-growing Red Cedar, goes by many names, including Australian red cedar and Queensland red cedar.

This tree produces masses of white flowers that are very small and tubular in shape. The fruits are green capsules which senesces to a brown colour and tear open into star shape to release seeds, which are small and winged.

The species has red timber which is easy to work and very highly valued. It was used extensively for furniture, wood panelling, boat building and construction throughout the 19th and early 20th century unsustainably, therefore large red wood trees are rare to find.