Acronychia oblongifolia Endl. ex Heynh.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub, or tree to 27 m high. Internodes of young branchlets terete or slightly compressed. Leaves simple (occasional ones trifoliolate), glabrous; petiole 0.5–3.2 cm long; lamina obovate or narrowly so (in occasional leaves elliptic or narrowly so), 4–12 cm long, 1.4–5 cm wide, rounded or obtuse. Inflorescences few-flowered, axillary or axillary and infrafoliar, 2–6 cm long; pedicels 1.5–8 mm long (length similar in fruit), glabrous. Flower buds obtuse. Sepals 0.9–1.5 mm wide, glabrous adaxially. Petals 4.5–7 mm long, like staminal filaments deciduous in fruit. Gynoecium syncarpous, like fruit 4-loculed; ovary densely pubescent at apex, otherwise glabrous, like fruit with septicidal fissures in distal third–half. Fruit syncarpous, subglobose or mitriform, 5–9 mm long, without stylar beak, densely pubescent at apex, otherwise glabrous; occasional fruiting carpels with ruptured wall opening into locule; dried fruit as seen in medial transverse section with outer part of pericarp 0.5–1.5 mm thick, with fleshy exocarp and spongy mesocarp (or mesocarp apparently lacking); endocarp thinly cartilaginous. Seeds c. 3.5 mm long.
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An evergreen tree. It grows to 10-25 m high and spreads 2-7 m across. The stem is erect and branching. The leaves are oblong and wider at the end away from the stem. They are 3-12 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. The leaves are dark green, shiny and leathery. The flowers are small and white. The are about 1 cm across and only a few flowers occur in a branched flower stalk. The fruit is white, yellow or blue and fleshy. It 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 - 7.0
Mature height (meter) 18.5 - 26.0
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Environment

It is a temperate and subtropical plant. It occurs naturally in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It prefers rich moist soil and a protected position. It is damaged by drought and frost. Once the tree is grown it can stand some frost. It does better in shade.
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Grows in rainforest, near sea level to 1100 m altitude. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The ripe fruit can be eaten raw. They are acidic. They can also be used for jams, preserves, syrups, sauces, and salad dressing.
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Cultivation

It is grown by seed or cuttings. It benefits by watering in the dry season. It responds to fertiliser.
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Images

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Distribution

Acronychia oblongifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acronychia oblongifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770709-1
WFO ID wfo-0000518850
COL ID 9NKY
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Synonyms

Acronychia oblongifolia Jambolifera oblongifolia