Acronychia parviflora C.T.White

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub, or tree to 8 m high. Internodes of young branchlets terete or slightly compressed. Leaves simple; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm long, nearly glabrous to pubescent when young; lamina  ovate to elliptic, or narrowly so (in occasional leaves elliptic-obovate), 3–10 (–14) cm long, 1.4–4.5 (–6.5) cm wide, acuminate or obtusely so with acumen to 1 cm long, or in occasional leaves rounded or obtuse, finely pubescent or puberulous below or glabrous. Inflorescences 1–few-flowered, axillary, 0.5–1.1 cm long; pedicels 0.5–2 mm long (length similar in fruit), nearly glabrous to puberulous. Flower buds obtuse. Sepals 1–1.2 mm wide, glabrous adaxially. Petals 2.5–3.5 mm long, like staminal filaments usually subpersistent in fruit. Gynoecium syncarpous, like fruit 4-loculed; ovary sparsely pubescent at apex or glabrous, like fruit with septicidal fissures in c. distal quarter. Fruit syncarpous, subglobose in outline, 7–8 mm long, without stylar beak, sparsely pubescent at apex or glabrous; occasional fruiting carpels with ruptured wall opening into locule; dried fruit as seen in medial transverse section with outer part of pericarp less than 0.5 mm thick, with fleshy exocarp but apparently lacking mesocarp; endocarp thinly cartilaginous. Seeds c. 3.8 mm long.
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A tall shrub. It grows 3-8 m tall and spreads 2-4 m across. The leaves are 3-9 cm long by 1-4.5 cm wide. They are shaped like an ellipse. They are leathery. The flowers are few and about 0.6 cm across. They are near the ends of branches. They are cream and have a sweet smell. The fruit is purple and about 0.9 cm across and 1.4 cm long. It contains 1-4 seeds. The fruit is edible.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 5.5 - 8.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It occurs in highland rainforests in Northeast Queensland, Australia. It grows between 200-1600 m altitude. It requires a well drained soil. It grows in lightly shaded places.
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Grows in rainforest, 200–1350 m altitude. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

It is grown from seed. The seed are difficult to germinate. It can be grown from cuttings. It requires abundant water.
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Images

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Distribution

Acronychia parviflora world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acronychia parviflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770716-1
WFO ID wfo-0000518859
COL ID 9NL8
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Synonyms

Acronychia parviflora