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 Dillenia alata Click on images to enlarge Family Dilleniaceae Scientific Name Dillenia alata (R.Br. ex DC.) Martelli Martelli, U. (1886) Malesia 3 : 157. Flower. Copyright Stanley Breeden Common name Golden Guinea Tree; Red Beech; Beech, Red Stem Bark reddish brown, papery. Leaves Dehiscing fruit. Copyright Stanley Breeden Leaf blades about 11-23 x 6-13 cm. Petiole winged, base of the petiole clasping the stem and leaving a scar encircling the twig when the leaf falls. Flowers Inflorescence +/- leaf opposed, i.e. produced on the twigs opposite the leaves. Petals obovate, about 40 x 25 mm. Styles, anthers and staminodes pink or red. Fruit Dehiscing fruit. Copyright W. T. Cooper Sepals green, +/- fleshy, persistent even in dehisced fruits. Fruiting carpels about 18-20 x 10-14 mm. Seeds about 4 x 3 mm. Seedlings Cotyledons ovate with a winged petiole. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade margin crenate to sinuate. Petiole strongly winged at and before tenth leaf stage. Seed germination time 34 to 43 days. Distribution and Ecology Occurs in NT, CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 600 m. Grows in rain forest but frequently found in wet situations in other types of forest, particularly on the coastal lowlands. Also occurs in New Guinea and some of the adjacent islands. Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO Natural History & Notes A medium sized shady tree of considerable horticultural merit which produces large yellow flowers. Shrub (woody or herbaceous, 1-6 m tall) X Tree X Habit, flower. Copyright CSIRO Synonyms Wormia alata DC., Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale 1 : 434(1817), Type: Banks, Endeavour Riv., Point Look Out; holo: BM; iso:E, P. RFK Code 417 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images. Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. Copyright CSIRO 10th leaf stage. Copyright CSIRO.