WorldFloraDB - Acronychia imperforata

Characteristics

Shrub, or tree to 10 m high. Internodes of young branchlets terete or slightly compressed. Leaves simple; petiole 0.3–2.5 cm long, glabrous or nearly so; lamina elliptic to obovate, or narrowly so, 3.3–13 cm long, 1.6–6 cm wide, rounded to obtusely acuminate, with acumen to 0.5 cm long, glabrous. Inflorescences usually few-flowered, axillary and/or infrafoliar, 2–5 cm long; pedicels 1.5–4.5 (–7) mm long, glabrous to puberulous. Flower buds obtuse. Sepals 1.5–2.5 mm wide, glabrous adaxially. Petals 5.5–9 mm long. Gynoecium syncarpous, 4-loculed; ovary sparsely pubescent at apex or glabrous, like fruit without septicidal fissures. Fruit syncarpous, 4-loculed, pyriform to subglobose, 9–16 mm long, without stylar beak, with a few apical trichomes or glabrous; dried fruit as seen in medial transverse section with outer part of pericarp 0.7–1 mm thick, with fleshy exocarp and woody mesocarp; endocarp cartilaginous. Seeds 4–6 mm long.

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A tall shrub. It grows 3-10 m tall and spreads 2-5 m across. It has a dark green crown. The young shoots are reddish. The leaves only have one leaflet. They are 5-12 cm long by 1.5-5 cm across. They are shaped like an ellipse. The leaf is notched at the tip. They are dark green on top and paler underneath. The oil dots are very small and scarcely visible. The leaf stalk is 0.5-2.5 cm long. Flowers occur in a branched stalk in the axils of leaves. Only a few flowers occur and they are about 1 cm across. Flowers are yellow. The fruit is fleshy and 1-2 cm long. It is oval in shape and yellow or orange. The fruit is edible.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

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Mature width (meter)

2.0 - 5.0

Mature height (meter)

6.5 - 10.0

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Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

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Environment

They are found naturally in Northeast Australia in New South Wales and Queensland. It suits subtropical conditions. It grows well on the coast and can withstand salt spray and wind. It needs a well drained soil. It can grow in full sun or part shade. It is sensitive to cold.

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Grows in coastal and inland rainforest, to 900 m altitude.

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Usage

The fruit are eaten. They are acid and refreshing. The fruit is used for jam.

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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.

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