Diplopeltis intermedia A.S.George

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Diplopeltis

Characteristics

Shrub to 0.6 m high, spreading, suckering, tomentose and sometimes sparsely hirsute with short and long simple hairs and glandular hairs, the glands usually peltate and cream-coloured. Leaves sessile or petiolate, the lamina from oblong to ovate, obovate or cuneate in outline, deeply divided or lobed, to pinnatifid, obtuse, 1–3.5 cm long, 0.4–2 cm wide, tomentose and hirsute and with glandular hairs. Pedicels 3–3.5 mm long. Sepals 1–2 mm long. Petals broadly spathulate to orbicular, 3–4 mm long including claw; claw 0.5–1 mm long. Stamens 2–4 mm long. Cocci 2.5–3.5 mm long, chartaceous, muricate, pubescent, sometimes densely so, and with long glandular hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Environment

Grows in sandplain and shrub steppe communities.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Diplopeltis intermedia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782813-1
WFO ID wfo-0000650319
COL ID 36MGQ
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Synonyms

Diplopeltis intermedia

Lower taxons

Diplopeltis intermedia var. incana