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 Geniostoma rupestre var. australianum Click on images to enlarge Family Loganiaceae Scientific Name Geniostoma rupestre var. australianum (F.Muell.) B.J.Conn Conn, B.J. (1980) Blumea 26: 297. Stem Flower. Copyright Barry Jago 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. Copyright G. Sankowsky Flowers produce an obnoxious odour. Calyx lobes ciliate. Corolla campanulate, about 2.5-4 mm 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 Leaves and flowers. Copyright G. Sankowsky Cotyledons almost orbicular, about 2-3 mm diam. First pair of true leaves with hairy margins. At the 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. Leaves and flowers. Copyright G. Sankowsky Natural History & Notes This species may have medicinal properties. (http://squid2.laughingsquid.net/hosts/herbweb.com /herbage/A11816.htm) Shrub (woody or herbaceous, 1-6 m tall) X 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). Leaves and fruits. Copyright CSIRO RFK Code 3109 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images. Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. Copyright CSIRO 10th leaf stage. Copyright CSIRO.