CASSOWARY food trees by Dr Matt Bradford, CSIRO
Cassowaries prefer fallen fruit, but will eat small vertebrates, invertebrates, fungi, carrion and plants. Over 238 species of plants have been recorded in the southern cassowary’s diet. Cassowaries are the only native animal capable of spreading certain large-seeded rainforest plants, and they play a critical role in maintaining the diversity of rainforest trees in the landscape.
This list is in the process of being updated.
Abrophyllum ornans
Aceratium doggrellii
Aceratium ferrugineum
Aceratium megalospermum
Aceratium sericoleopsis
Acmena divaricata
Acmena graveolens
Acmena hemilampra subsp. hemilampra
Acmena smithii
Acmenosperma claviflorum
Acronychia acidula
Acronychia acronychioides
Acronychia vestita
Aglaia sapindina
Alocasia brisbanensis
Alphitonia petriei
Alphitonia whitei
Alpinia arctiflora
Alpinia caerulea
Alpinia modesta
Alyxia spicata
Amoora ferruginea
Amylotheca dictyophleba
Annona glabra
Antidesma erostre
Antirhea tenuiflora
Apodytes brachystylis
Archontophoenix alexandrae
Ardisia brevipedata
Ardisia pachyrrhachis
Atractocarpus fitzalanii subsp. fitzalanii
Austrobaileya scandens
Barringtonia calyptrata
Beilschmiedia bancroftii
Beilschmiedia collina
Beilschmiedia oligandra
Beilschmiedia recurva
Beilschmiedia tooram
Beilschmiedia volckii
Bleasdalea bleasdalei
Calamus australis
Calamus hollrungii
Calamus moti
Calamus radicalis
Calophyllum costatum
Calophyllum sil
Cananga odorata
Canarium muelleri
Canarium vitiense
Canthium coprosmoides
Carnarvonia araliifolia
Castanospermum australe
Castanospora alphandii
Cayratia clematidea
Cerbera floribunda
Cerbera inflata
Chionanthus axillaris
Chionanthus ramiflora
Chrysophyllum sp. Mt Lewis
Cinnamomum laubatii
Cissus antarctica
Cissus penninervis
Citronella smythii
Cordyline cannifolia
Cordyline fruticosa
Corynocarpus cribbianus
Cryptocarya corrugata
Cryptocarya densiflora
Cryptocarya endiandrifolia
Cryptocarya grandis
Cryptocarya hypospodia
Cryptocarya leucophylla
Cryptocarya lividula
Cryptocarya mackinnoniana
Cryptocarya murrayi
Cryptocarya oblata
Cryptocarya pleurosperma
Cryptocarya vulgaris
Cycas media subsp. banksii
Davidsonia pruriens
Delarbrea michieana
Diospyros hebecarpa
Diplocyclos palmatus
Diploglottis bracteata
Diploglottis diphyllostegia
Diploglottis pedleyi
Dysoxylum alliaceum
Dysoxylum papuanum
Dysoxylum pettigrewianum
Elaeagnus triflora
Elaeocarpus arnhemicus
Elaeocarpus bancroftii
Elaeocarpus culminicola
Elaeocarpus eumundi
Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus
Elaeocarpus foveolatus
Elaeocarpus grandis
Elaeocarpus johnsonii
Elaeocarpus largiflorens subsp. largiflorens
Elaeocarpus ruminatus
Elaeocarpus sp. Windsor Tableland
Elaeocarpus stellaris
Endiandra acuminata
Endiandra bessaphila
Endiandra compressa
Endiandra cowleyana
Endiandra hypotephra
Endiandra impressicosta
Endiandra insignis
Endiandra leptodendron
Endiandra longipedicellata
Endiandra microneura
Endiandra monothyra subsp. monothyra
Endiandra montana
Endiandra sankeyana
Endiandra sideroxylon
Endiandra wolfei
Erythroxylum ecarinatum
Eugenia reinwardtiana
Faradaya splendida
Ficus congesta
Ficus copiosa
Ficus crassipes
Ficus destruens
Ficus drupacea
Ficus hispida
Ficus leptoclada
Ficus obliqua
Ficus pleurocarpa
Ficus rubiginosa
Ficus variegata
Ficus virens var. virens
Ficus watkinsiana
Fontainea picrosperma
Galbulimima baccata
Ganophyllum falcatum
Garcinia gibbsiae
Gmelina dalrympleana
Gmelina fasciculiflora
Gomphandra australiana
Goniothalamus australis
Halfordia kendack
Hornstedtia scottiana
Hydriastele wendlandiana
Hypserpa laurina
Irvingbaileya australis
Lantana camara
Lepidozamia hopei
Licuala ramsayi
Linospadix microcarya
Linospadix minor
Lithomyrtus obtusa
Litsea leefeana
Litsea reticulata
Mackinlaya macrosciadea
Mallotus mollissimus
Mangifera indica
Melicope rubra
Melodinus australis
Melodorum leichhardtii
Mischocarpus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis
Morinda citrifolia
Musa banksii
Myristica globosa subsp. muelleri
Myristica insipida
Nauclea orientalis
Neolitsea dealbata
Niemeyera prunifera
Niemeyera sp. Mt Lewis
Normanbya normanbyi
Oraniopsis appendiculata
Otanthera bracteata
Pachygone longifolia
Palaquium galactoxylon
Pandanus conicus
Pandanus monticola
Parinari nonda
Passiflora sp.
Peripentadenia mearsii
Phaleria clerodendron
Physalis minima
Phytolacca octandra
Piper novae-hollandiae
Pittosporum rubiginosum
Pleiogynium timorense
Podocarpus dispermus
Podocarpus grayae
Polyalthia michaelii
Polyscias australiana
Polyscias elegans
Pothos longipes
Pouteria chartacea
Pouteria obovoidea
Prunus brachystachya
Prunus turneriana
Pseuduvaria froggattii
Psidium guajava
Psychotria dallachiana
Ptychosperma elegans
Rhodamnia sessiliflora
Rhodomyrtus pervagata
Rhodomyrtus trineura subsp. trineura
Rhysotoechia robertsonii
Rubus alceifolius
Rubus queenslandicus
Sarcotoechia protracta
Scaevola taccada
Schizomeria whitei
Semecarpus australiensis
Siphonodon membranaceus
Sloanea macbrydei
Smilax australis
Solanum dallachii
Solanum mauritianum
Solanum torvum
Strychnos minor
Sundacarpus amarus
Syzygium alliiligneum
Syzygium angophoroides
Syzygium cormiflorum
Syzygium forte subsp. forte
Syzygium johnsonii
Syzygium kuranda
Syzygium luehmannii
Syzygium papyraceum
Syzygium sayeri
Syzygium tierneyanum
Syzygium wesa
Terminalia arenicola
Terminalia catappa
Terminalia complanata
Terminalia muelleri
Terminalia sericocarpa
Tetrasynandra laxiflora
Toona ciliata
Trema orientalis
Trichosanthes pentaphylla
Tristemma mauritianum
Xanthophyllum octandrum
Ximenia americana