Clausena brevistyla Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Clausena

Characteristics

Tree to 15 m high, or shrub; bole to 8 cm diam.; branching somewhat fastigiate. Branches with conspicuous cicatrices. Leaves 15–45 cm long, glabrous to hairy, not glossy adaxially, smelling of lime and guava when crushed; leaflets 7–15 (–18), ovate-elliptic to-lanceolate, 3–15 cm long, 2–8 cm wide, oblique at base, entire to crenulate, acute to subacuminate; petiolules 2–5 (–7) mm long. Thyrses (5–) 10–30 cm long, terminal and sometimes axillary. Pedicels 1–3 mm long. Flowers 4 (or 5)-merous. Sepals triangular, c. 0.5 mm long, glabrous to hairy with dorsal gland. Petals creamy white, often with apical gland. Anthers ovoid, 1–1.5 mm long, yellow, with a gland on connective. Disc 0.5–1.0 mm high, cylindrical with crown of glands, enveloping base of ovary. Ovary 0.8–1 mm high, each locule with a large gland; style 4-angled with lobed head. Fruit spherical, 0.8–1 cm diam., reddish purple or even bluish to black at maturity. Seeds 1–3, green.
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A medium sized shrub. It grows to 2-3 m high and spreads to 1-1.5 m across. The young shoots have hairs. There are 10-15 leaflets which are 5-15 cm long by 6 cm wide. They are oval and bright green. They have small oil dots and are thin textured. The edges of the leaves have ornamental, rounded lobes. The flower clusters are at the ends of branches and in the axils of upper leaves. The flower clusters are loose and large. The flowers are 0.8 cm across and white. The fruit is a berry, which is about 1-1.3 cm across and dry. Both the leaves and flowers have a fragrant smell. The fruit are edible. There is one seed inside and it is 9-11 mm long by 7-8 mm wide.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in lowland and upland rainforest. In tropical Queensland it grows from sea level to 1000 m altitude.
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Drier rainforests in the south of its range, growing in wetter, coastal forests in the north of Queensland.
Found in Araucaria forest, and forest edge, to 720 m altitude.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten.
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Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Seed should be planted fresh.
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Images

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Distribution

Clausena brevistyla world distribution map, present in Australia and Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:772115-1
WFO ID wfo-0000608628
COL ID VTL2
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Synonyms

Clausena brevistyla

Lower taxons

Clausena brevistyla var. papuana