Arytera microphylla (Benth.) Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Arytera

Characteristics

Tree to 3 m high. Leaf axes and inflorescence minutely pubescent or puberulent. Leaves bifoliolate; leaflets: lamina broadly elliptic or obovate, rounded, truncate-dentate or retuse, entire, or serrulate towards apex, obtuse and shortly decurrent at base, 2–5 cm long, 0.8–3 cm wide, veins prominent, fine; petiolule 1–2 mm long; petiole 4–18 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, raceme-like, 2.5–8 cm long; pedicels 1–2 mm long. Calyx deeply lobed; lobes narrowly ovate, to 1.5 mm long, puberulous. Petals not seen. Disc 5-or 6-lobed. Filaments 2–2.5 mm long, pilose. Fruit obcordate, abruptly stipitate, divaricately 2-or 3-lobed or 1-lobed, 6–8 mm long including stipe, 10–12 mm diam.; lobes ellipsoidal, grooved at sutures; valves glabrous outside, densely villous inside.
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Grows in rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Arytera microphylla world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:142918-3
WFO ID wfo-0000550707
COL ID H43Q
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Synonyms

Nephelium microphyllum Arytera microphylla