Apodytes brachystylis F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Metteniusales ex > Metteniusaceae > Apodytes

Characteristics

Tree to 20 m tall. Branchlets with reddish-brown puberulent tips. Leaves ovate, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or caudate, glabrous, chartaceous; lamina mostly 8-15 cm long and 3-5 cm wide; base cuneate or slightly decurrent; secondary veins 5-8 pairs; petiole 8-10 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, paniculate, 8-20 mm long; rachis sparsely puberulent; pedicels articulate in middle, 1.5-3 mm long. Calyx glabrous, c. 1 mm long; lobes deltoid, c. 0.5 mm long. Petals oblong, 3-4.5 mm long, villous inside, glabrous outside. Filaments 2-3 mm long. Ovary 1-locular, ovoid, glabrous; ovules 2; style recurved. Drupe veined when dried, 12-15 mm long, 4.5-6 mm thick, with a lateral globular fleshy appendage.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in mesophyll and notophyll vine forest usually below 800 m.
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Distribution

Apodytes brachystylis world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Apodytes brachystylis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607610-1
WFO ID wfo-0000540848
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Synonyms

Apodytes brachystylis