Elattostachys Microcarpa Click on Images to Enlarge

Elattostachys Microcarpa Click on Images to Enlarge

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 Elattostachys microcarpa Click on images to enlarge Family Sapindaceae Scientific Name Elattostachys microcarpa S.T.Reynolds Leaves and Flowers. Copyright A. Ford & F. Goulter Reynolds, S.T. () Flora of Australia 25: 199. Type: Cedar Bay, N of Bloomfield R., Qld, (15 49 S, 145 20 E), Jan. 1973, L.J.Webb & J.G.Tracey 13275; holo: BRI. Common name Scrub Tamarind; Tamarind, Scrub Stem Usually a small tree not exceeding 30 cm dbh. Lenticels tend to be arranged in vertical lines. Outer blaze Dehiscing fruit. CC-BY: B. Gray striped cream and brown. Leaves Leaflet blades about 6.5-14.5 x 2.5-5.2 cm. Midrib raised on the upper surface of the leaflet blade. Young shoots and terminal buds clothed in very short, pale, almost golden hairs. Domatia, if present, are very small, inconspicuous foveoles. Flowers Calyx lobes ovate, about 2.5 mm long, pubescent on the outer surface, hairs straight. Petals about 2.5-3 mm Fruit, three views, dehiscing and arillous seed. Copyright W. T. Cooper long. Stamens about 6-8. Disk cupular, glabrous. Ovary sessile, 3-locular, one ovule per locule. Fruit Capsules about 8-12 x 10-12 mm, glabrous on the outer surface, woolly pubescent on the inner surface, valves comparatively thick and woody. Aril small, basal and lateral. Seedlings Cotyledons broadly spathulate or elliptic, fleshy, without obvious venation, apex acuminate. First pair of leaves lobed or coarsely toothed. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade coarsely toothed or lobed, midrib puberulous, raised on the upper surface of the leaf blade. Seed germination time 11 to 26 days. Leaves and fruit. Copyright CSIRO Distribution and Ecology Endemic to Queensland, occurs in CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 950 m. Grows in drier, more seasonal rain forest often associated with Kauri Pine (Agathis robusta). Natural History & Notes This species has horticulture potential. It produces a spreading dense crown, small cream flowers and bright pink to red fruits with black seeds. Leaves and fruit. CC-BY: B. Gray Tree X RFK Code 938 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images. Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO 10th leaf stage. Copyright CSIRO 1st leaf stage. Copyright CSIRO Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. Copyright CSIRO.

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