Alectryon pubescens (S.T.Reynolds) S.T.Reynolds

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Alectryon

Characteristics

Tree to 6 m high. Branchlets, petioles and fruits densely pubescent. Leaves: lamina obovate, broadly cuneate, truncate, obtuse or retuse, coarsely serrate, serrulate, subentire, rarely entire, cuneate at base, 3.5–9 cm long, 1.5–4.5 cm wide, puberulent or glabrous; petiole 3–10 mm long. Flowers 3.5 mm diam., solitary or in small racemes to 2.5 cm long; pedicels 5–10 mm long, puberulent. Calyx lobes ovate, 1.5 mm long and wide, puberulent. Stamens 8; filaments 1.5 mm long. Fruit 1-lobed, rarely 2-lobed, lobes globose, 1.2–1.4 cm long and wide; pericarp drying thick and hard, ± woody, rusty velvety outside.
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Grows on rocky outcrops.
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Distribution

Alectryon pubescens world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Alectryon pubescens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:944296-1
WFO ID wfo-0000525484
COL ID BM63
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Synonyms

Alectryon pubescens Heterodendrum pubescens