1859 27 Aug. 710/1 The squatters on the Darling have very appropriately applied to it the name of ‘Spotted Tree’.
1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore (rev. ed.) Suppl. 1344/1 Spotted Tree of the Queensland colonists. Flindersia maculosa, the trunk of which is remarkably spotted by the falling off of the outer bark in patches.
1944 3 Mar. 8/3 The Leopard or Spotted Tree..has a very fair fodder value.