Endiandra microneura C.T.White

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Endiandra

Characteristics

Tree to 30 m high. Stem buttressed. Twigs fluted and pubescent when young, ± terete and glabrous when older. Leaves: petiole 8–17 mm long; lamina elliptic, 8.5–15 cm long, 3–6.5 cm wide, not foveolate, green and glabrous below. Inflorescence axillary and pseudoterminal, exceeding leaves. Flowers opening widely with tepals becoming ± horizontal, cream, perfumed (resembling cut watermelon). Tepals pubescent: outer 1.2–1.3 mm long, 1–1.2 mm wide; inner 1–1.4 mm long, 0.8–1.3 mm wide. Anthers 0.5–0.7 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide, mainly glabrous; filaments 0.1–0.2 mm long, pubescent; valves opening outwards; glands 6. Staminodes usually absent. Ovary 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.7–0.8 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, laterally compressed, 50–78 mm long, 28–43 mm wide, yellow, orange. Cotyledons cream.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 27.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Well-developed lowland rain forests, in soils usually derived from metamorphic rocks; at elevations from sea level to 250 metres.
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Grows in lowland rainforests in soils usually derived from metamorphic rocks; from sea level to 250 m alt.
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Usage

Uses timber
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Endiandra microneura world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:464435-1
WFO ID wfo-0000667663
COL ID 39R4C
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Synonyms

Endiandra reticulata Endiandra microneura