Acronychia wilcoxiana (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley

Species

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Characteristics

Tree to 9 m high. Internodes of young branchlets terete or slightly compressed or subtetragonous. Leaves simple, glabrous; petiole 0.6–3 cm long; lamina elliptic to obovate, or narrowly so, 7–21 cm long, 2.5–9 cm wide, rounded to obtusely acuminate, with acumen to 0.5 cm long. Inflorescences many-flowered, axillary, 3–6.5 cm long; pedicels 0.5–3 mm long (1.5–5 mm long in fruit), glabrous. Flower buds obtuse. Sepals 1.6–3 mm wide, glabrous adaxially. Petals 7.5–9 mm long, like staminal filaments deciduous in fruit. Gynoecium syncarpous, like fruit 4–8-carpelled; ovary pubescent at apex or glabrous, like fruit with septicidal fissures at least in distal half. Fruit syncarpous, conical or subglobose in outline, 12–15 mm long, without stylar beak, with tuft of apical trichomes or glabrous; fruiting carpels without ruptured wall opening into locule; dried fruit as seen in medial transverse section with outer part of pericarp less than 0.5 mm thick, exocarp fleshy but mesocarp apparently lacking; endocarp thinly cartilaginous. Seeds c. 4.5 mm long.
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A tall shrub. It grows 3-9 m high and spreads 3-5 m across. It has a round to spreading crown. The leaves are 7-20 cm long and 2-9 cm wide. There is only one leaflet. It is shaped like an ellipse and has a blunt end. These leaves are attractive large shiny leaves. They are paler under the leaf. The flowers are 1.5-2 cm across. They are yellowish. They occur in many flowered clusters 4-6 cm long. The fruit is 0.8-1.5 cm across and 4-8 lobed. It is juicy/fleshy and white when mature.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 9.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It occurs in coastal regions of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is a rainforest plant suiting subtropical to warm temperate areas. It requires well drained soil. It responds to watering in the dry season. It can grow on sandy soils. It can grow in shade or sun.
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Grows in coastal and inland rainforest, to 450 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 also be grown from cuttings.
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Images

Acronychia wilcoxiana unspecified picture

Distribution

Acronychia wilcoxiana world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acronychia wilcoxiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770746-1
WFO ID wfo-0000518892
COL ID 9NM4
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pleiococca wilcoxiana Acronychia wilcoxiana Errerana wilcoxiana