Geniostoma Rupestre Var. Australianum (F.Muell.) B.J.Conn Family: Loganiaceae Conn, B.J

Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition Geniostoma rupestre var. australianum (F.Muell.) B.J.Conn Family: Loganiaceae Conn, B.J. (1980) Blumea 26: 297. Stem Occasionally grows into a small tree but usually flowers and fruits as a single-stemmed shrub 2-4 m tall. Leaves Leaf blade 6-10 x 2-3 cm. Stipules interpetiolar, thin and papery, attached to the bases of the petioles, falling early, leaving only an indistinct scar. Flowers

Flowers produce an obnoxious odour. Calyx lobes ciliate. Corolla campanulate, about 2.5-4 mm Flower. © Barry Jago long, corolla tube very hairy on the inner surface. Pollen white. Ovules numerous in each locule, partly embedded in the fleshy placenta. Style about 0.6-2 mm long, lower half hairy. Fruit Capsules about 5-10 x 3-7 mm. Seeds about 75-80 per fruit, each seed about 1.5 x 1 mm, testa rugose. Seeds completely embedded in the yellow to orange placenta. Embryo minute, about 0.8 mm long. Seedlings Cotyledons almost orbicular, about 2-3 mm diam. First pair of true leaves with hairy margins. At the Flowers. © G. Sankowsky tenth leaf stage: leaves lanceolate, stipules interpetiolar, thin and papery, attached to the bases of the petioles. Lateral veins forming loops inside the blade margin. Seed germination time 56 to 189 days. Distribution and Ecology Occurs in CYP, NEQ and CEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to about 1000 m. Grows as an understory plant in a variety of types of well developed lowland, upland and mountain rain forest. Natural History & Notes Leaves and flowers. © G. This species may have medicinal properties. (http://squid2.laughingsquid.net/hosts/herbweb.com Sankowsky /herbage/A11816.htm) Synonyms Geniostoma australianum F.Muell., Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5: 19(1865), Type: Queensland, Seaview Range, J. Dallachy s.n.; holo: MEL; iso: GH, K. US. Fide Conn (1996). RFK Code 3109 Leaves and flowers. © G. Sankowsky

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