Elattostachys megalantha S.T.Reynolds

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Elattostachys

Characteristics

Tree to 10 m high. Branchlets and leaf axes puberulous to glabrous. Leaf rachis 0.6–1.8 cm long; leaflets 1 or 2 pairs, rarely 3, subopposite, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute, entire or subentire, acute or obtuse and unequal at base, 10–16 cm long, 3.5–6.5 cm wide, glabrous, coriaceous; domatia 1 or 2, small, inconspicuous, or absent; petiolule 6–8 mm long; petiole 2.5–6.5 cm long. Inflorescence 4–10.5 cm long; peduncle pubescent; pedicels 5–8 mm long. Calyx lobes broadly ovate or elliptic, 4–4.5 mm long, crispate-tomentose. Petals subhastate, long clawed, 6.5–7 mm long. Filaments 1–3 mm long, glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal-obovoid, 1.7–2.2 cm long, 1.5–2 cm diam., sparsely hairy outside, dull yellow-green. Aril broadly bifurcate.
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Grows in rainforest.
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Distribution

Elattostachys megalantha world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:928830-1
WFO ID wfo-0000666274
COL ID 396CV
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Synonyms

Elattostachys megalantha