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Dimocarpus australianus Leenh.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Dimocarpus

Characteristics

Tree to 20 m high. Branchlets, leaf axes and peduncles finely rusty hairy, usually lenticellate. Leaf rachis 1.5–6 cm long; leaflets 4–6, the lamina subobovate or oblong-elliptic, obtuse to shortly acuminate, entire, 3–12.5 cm long, 1.5–4 cm wide, glabrous or puberulous below; lower surface pale with glands along midrib and near margins; petiolules 4–8 mm long; petiole 2.5–6 cm long. Panicles 14–27 cm long, with scattered subsessile cymules; pedicels 2–3 mm long. Calyx as long as petals, finely pubescent. Petals 2.5–3 mm long, pubescent towards middle, papillose at apex. Filaments 2.5–3 mm long. Ovary deeply 2-lobed. Fruit 1-lobed, rarely 2-lobed, then lobes divaricate, ±ellipsoidal, c. 1.5 cm long, c. 1.3 cm diam., pale brown. Aril watery.
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A medium size tree. It grows 8-15 m tall and spreads 3-8 m wide. The leaves are divided into leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are 10-18 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. There are 2-6 leaflets. They are oval with a blunt tip. They are grey green above and yellowish green underneath. Leaflets are 6.5-9.5 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowers are greenish yellow. They are about 0.5 cm across. They occur in panicles on the ends of branches. The fruit is a reddish brown capsule. It has 2 lobes and is about 2 cm across. The aril is edible.
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Mature width (meter) 3.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 14.0 - 17.5
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Environment

A tropical plant. It suits tropical and subtropical regions. It grows in rainforests in Queensland in Australia. In tropical Queensland it grows from sea level to 660 m altitude.
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Gallery forests and drier, more seasonal, rainforests.
Grows in rainforest.
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Usage

The fruit is like a lychee and is tasty.
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Edible arils fruits seeds
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Cultivation

It can be grown from seed which must be sown fresh.
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Distribution

Dimocarpus australianus world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782786-1
WFO ID wfo-0000647775
COL ID 3678W
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Synonyms

Dimocarpus australianus
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