Atalaya rigida S.T.Reynolds

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Atalaya

Characteristics

Small tree to 8 m high. Branchlets and leaf axes minutely hairy. Leaves paripinnate; rachis 3.5–14 cm long; leaflets 2–4 pairs; lamina broadly ovate or elliptic, obtuse, 10–14.5 cm long, 5.5–7.5 cm wide, truncate or obtuse at base, glabrous, drying hard and rigid, shiny above, densely and prominently reticulate; petiolule 1–3.5 cm long; petiole 2–5.5 cm long. Panicles densely flowered, 25–38 cm long; peduncle angular; pedicels 4–6 mm long. Sepals 3–4 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, thin, hoary outside. Petals 5, obovate, 7–8 mm long, 3–4 mm wide, hairy outside; scales without crests. Disc complete. Samaras 3.5–4 cm long, pubescent, usually puberulent towards wings; wings oblong-spathulate, obtuse.
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Distribution

Atalaya rigida world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:897011-1
WFO ID wfo-0000555378
COL ID J822
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Synonyms

Atalaya rigida