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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Rutaceae
|familia=Rutaceae
|genus=Flindersia
|genus=Flindersia
|species=australis
|species=australis
|common_name=Australian Teak, Crow's Ash
|common_name=Australian Teak, Crow's Ash
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|max_zone=11
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
|image=Medium crowash.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=200
}}
}}
'''''Flindersia australis''''' ('''Crows Ash''', '''Australian Teak''') is a [[rainforest]] tree from [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]] in [[Australia]].<ref name=NSW>{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Flindersia~australis|title=''Flindersia australis'' |accessdate=2009-06-26 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}</ref> It grows up to 40 metres high, with larger trees having a [[buttress root|buttressed]] trunk. The leaves are alternate or occasionally opposite and have between 3 and 13 leaflets.<ref name=NSW/> Each of these is 2.4 to 13 cm long and 0.8 to 4.3 cm wide.<ref name=NSW/> Flowers appear during spring forming inflorescences to 15 cm long.<ref name=NSW/> These have white or cream petals which are between 5 and 7 mm long. Both the petals and sepals are covered with hair. The flowers are followed by woody capsules which are 7 to 10 cm long.<ref name=NSW/> These split open to reveal the winged seeds.<ref name=NSW/>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
