Species information Abo ut Reso urces Hom e A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Lasjia grandis Click on images to enlarge Family Proteaceae Scientific Name Lasjia grandis (C.L.Gross & B.Hyland) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast Mast, A.R., Willis, C.L., Jones, E.H., Downs, K.M. & Weston, P.H. (2008) American Journal of Botany 95(7): 865. Flowers [not vouchered]. Copyright G. Sankowsky Common name Satin Silky Oak; Oak, Satin Silky Stem Oak grain in the wood and a corresponding pattern in the inner blaze. Leaves and flowers [not vouchered]. Copyright G. Leaves Sankowsky Oak grain in the twigs. Leaves in whorls of 3-6. Leaf blades about 8-23 x 2-6 cm. Terminal buds densely clothed in rusty brown hairs. Small, pale lenticels usually conspicuous on the twigs. Flowers Flower bracts curved, about 0.5-0.6 mm long. Flowers paired, but lacking a common peduncle. Tepals sparsely pubescent on the outer surface, about 3-3.5 mm long. Hypogynous glands fused to form a cup (often 4-lobed) surrounding the base of the ovary. Ovary sessile, glabrous. Ovules 2. Fruit Fruits +/- globular, about 5-6 x 5-6 cm. Seed about 4 x 4 cm. Endocarp + testa about 2 mm thick. Pericarp Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO marked by rays of radial fibres in transverse section. The rat-eaten remains of the seed coats normally present beneath mature trees. Seedlings First leaves usually in a whorl of three. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade linear-obovate, apex acute, base cuneate to obtuse, in whorls of three, upper surface hairy along the midrib. Seed germination time 14 to 22 days. Distribution and Ecology Endemic to NEQ, known only from a few collections made in the China Camp area and in the Barong and McNamee Logging Areas. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 450 m. Usually grows in well developed Copyright CSIRO lowland rain forest. Natural History & Notes Tree X Synonyms Macadamia grandis C.L.Gross & B.Hyland, Australian Systematic Botany 6(4): 347(1993), Type: Queensland, State Forest Reserve 755, Barong LA [Logging Area], Gray 1586, 12 xii 1979, (holo: QRS; iso: NSW). 10th leaf stage. Copyright CSIRO RFK Code 422 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images. Cotyledon stage, hypogeal germination. Copyright CSIRO.