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Cupaniopsis serrata Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Cupaniopsis

Characteristics

Tree to 12 m high. Branches, leaf axes and peduncles with spreading and appressed hairs; branchlets and petioles lenticellate. Leaf rachis 4.5–14.5 cm long; leaflets 6–12; lamina oblong to ovate, acuminate, cuspidate, serrate or serrulate, obtuse to acute at base, 6–12.5 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, glabrous or lower surface puberulous, ± rigid, strongly veined and reticulate below; petiolule 1–5 mm long; petiole 4–7.5 cm long. Inflorescence raceme-like or 1-or 2-branched, 1–6.5 cm long; cymules and flowers ± sessile. Calyx lobes to 5 mm long, pubescent. Petals ovate, 2.5 mm long, white. Fruit sessile, subglobose, apiculate, 1.2–1.6 cm long, 2.5–2.8 cm diam., brown velvety; valves fairly thin, silky inside, drying slightly wrinkled. Seed nearly enclosed in orange aril.
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A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The stems and small branches have brownish hairs. New leaves are red. The leaves are compound with leaflets 6-12 cm long. The flowers are in groups and are hairy. These groups are 3-5 cm long. They are in the axils of the upper leaves. The fruit is a capsule and it usually has 3 lobes.
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Mature height (meter) 11.0
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Grows on rocky hillsides and in rainforest.
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Cupaniopsis serrata world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Cupaniopsis serrata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782666-1
WFO ID wfo-0000629758
COL ID 6C442
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Synonyms

Cupaniopsis serrata f. genuina Cupania serrata Cupaniopsis serrata f. tomentella Cupaniopsis serrata
WorldFloraDB 2024