Acronychia vestita F.Muell.

Species

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Characteristics

Tree to 21 m high. Internodes of young branchlets terete or slightly compressed. Leaves simple; petiole 1–4 cm long, sparsely to densely pubescent; lamina elliptic to obovate, 8–23 cm long, 3.8–11.5 cm wide, rounded to obtusely acuminate, with acumen to 1 cm long, sparsely to rather densely pubescent below. Inflorescences many-flowered, axillary and/or infrafoliar, 4–7 cm long; pedicels 3–4.5 mm long (4–5.5 mm long in fruit), nearly glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Flower buds obtuse. Sepals 1.2–1.5 mm wide, glabrous adaxially. Petals 6–7.5 mm long, like staminal filaments deciduous in fruit. Gynoecium syncarpous, like fruit 4-loculed; ovary pubescent at apex, otherwise glabrous, like fruit without septicidal fissures. Fruit syncarpous, pyriform, subglobose, or elliptic in outline, 10–20 mm long, without stylar beak, pubescent at apex or glabrous; fruiting carpels without ruptured wall opening into locule; dried fruit as seen in medial transverse section with outer part of pericarp 1–2 mm thick, exocarp fleshy and mesocarp woody; endocarp cartilaginous. Seeds 5–5.5 mm long.
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A medium sized tree. It grows 18 m tall. The new growth is hairy. The leaves have one leaflet. It is 20 cm long by 10 cm wide. It is thin and papery. It is dark green on the upper surface and hairy underneath. The yellow flowers occur in dense clusters. They are 1.5 cm across. The fruit is pear shaped and pale yellow. It is somewhat rough and 1.5-2.4 cm across. The fruit are lemon scented. There are usually four seeds. The seeds are 0.5 cm long. The fruit is edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 19.5
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It occurs in Northeast Queensland in Australia. It grows in lowland and highland rainforests. It grows from sea level to 890 m altitude.
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Grows in rainforest, near sea level to 900 m altitude. 
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Usage

The fruit is eaten.
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Cultivation

It is grown from seed.
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Images

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Distribution

Acronychia vestita world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770742-1
WFO ID wfo-0000518889
COL ID 9NLZ
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Synonyms

Acronychia vestita