There are about 270 small islands in the Torres Strait, a small passage separating the York Peninsula of the Australian mainland and Papua New Guinea. Most of the islands are controlled by the state of Queensland, but a handful, those closest to the New Guinea coast, are administrated by the government of Papua New Guinea.
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Buchanania arborescens - The little gooseberry tree is endemic to the gallery forests of Northern Australia and Southeast Asia in altitudes no higher than 450 meters. A gallery forest is a corridor of trees growing along rivers or wetlands. The tree grows to a height of about 20 meters and produces a fruit 8 to 10 millimeters in diameter, a popular food source for birds and other animals. The flowers are cream to yellowish white and are exceptionally fragrant. The little gooseberry tree is in the Anacardiaceae family; this family includes mangos and pistachios.
