Acronychia suberosa C.T.White

Species

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Characteristics

Tree to 20 m high. Internodes of young branchlets terete or slightly compressed. Leaves trifoliolate (occasional leaves simple); petiole puberulous when young, at least towards base adaxially, 1–4.5 cm long; laminae elliptic to obovate, or narrowly so, 3.5–8.5 cm long, 0.9–3 cm wide, obtuse to acuminate, with acumen to 1 cm long, glabrous. Inflorescences few-flowered, axillary, 1.8–3.5 cm long; pedicels 1–3.5 mm long (length similar in fruit), puberulous or finely pubescent. Flower buds obtuse. Sepals 2–2.7 mm wide, glabrous adaxially. Petals 6–9 mm long, like staminal filaments subpersistent in fruit. Gynoecium syncarpous, like fruit 4-loculed; ovary sparsely pubescent at apex or glabrous, like fruit with septicidal fissures extending for full length. Fruit syncarpous, subglobose to ellipsoid,  12–15 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 and spongy mesocarp; endocarp thinly cartilaginous. Seeds c. 4 mm long.
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A medium sized tree. It grows 10-20 m high and spreads 3-8 m wide. It has a dense dark green crown. The trunk of mature trees often has patches of corky tissue. The young shoots have short hairs. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaf stalks are 2-3 cm long and they have raised corky bands. The leaflets are 5-9 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The leaflets do not have stalks. The leaflets are dark green on the top surface and paler green underneath. The flowers are 1.2 cm across and yellow or white. They are hairy and sweetly scented. The flower stalks are 1-2 cm long. The fruit is 2-2.5 cm long by 101.2 cm wide. They are rounded and fleshy. The fruit taper towards a blunt point. They are creamy yellow. The fruit are edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 3.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 20.0
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Environment

It occurs in highland rainforest areas of the New South Wales and Queensland borders in Australia. It suits subtropical or warm temperate areas. It needs some shade and protection when young. It must have well drained soil. It cannot stand waterlogging. It is frost tender when small.
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Grows in rainforest, 200–1000 m altitude. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

It is grown from seed. The seed is difficult to germinate.
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Images

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Distribution

Acronychia suberosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770738-1
WFO ID wfo-0000518883
COL ID 9NLW
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Synonyms

Acronychia suberosa