Actephila foetida Domin

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Phyllanthaceae > Actephila

Characteristics

Subshrub to 1 m high. Branchlets fawn, densely pubescent with simple trichomes when young, glabrescent. Leaves chartaceous; petiole 18–78 mm long, dark olive-green; lamina length/petiole length ratio 2.8–12.8; lamina broadly elliptic to obovate, 45–530 mm long, 30–213 mm wide, base cordate to truncate, margin flat, tip obtuse to long acuminate, midrib below prominently raised at lamina base (height greater than width), venation with quaternary vein orders distinct, lower surface pale olive-green. Male flowers: pedicel 3.5–8 mm long; sepals 2–2.5 mm long; petals absent; disc irregularly 4-or 5-angled. Fruit depressed-globose, rounded to weakly 3-lobate, 12–13 mm long, 15–19 mm diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form subshrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Grows in ‘wet’ lowland rainforest (complex mesophyll vineforest) on alluvium overlying granite substrates, at altitudes from near sea level to 100 m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Actephila foetida world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:338005-1
WFO ID wfo-0000585590
COL ID 9SN5
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Synonyms

Actephila foetida