Flindersia bourjotiana F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Flindersia

Characteristics

Tree to 35 m high. Trichomes simple, fasciculate, and stellate. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate (occasional leaves paripinnate or trifoliolate), 4–8-foliolate, 9–33 cm long, neither petiole nor rachis winged; petiolules of lateral leaflets 1.5–4 mm long; terminal leaflet with petiolule 10–20 mm long; laminae narrowly ovate to elliptic or narrowly so, usually equilateral, 5.5–17 cm long, 1.5–4.8 cm wide, obtuse to acute or acuminate. Inflorescences 12–24 cm long. Flowers bisexual or at least a few male. Sepals 1–2 mm long. Petals 5–9.5 mm long, white or greenish white, sparsely appressed-pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Ovules in bisexual flowers 3 on each side of placental arms. Capsule  7–15 cm long, separating (or easily separable) into 5 distinct valves at maturity; exocarp muricate, glabrous, with excrescences to 4 mm long. Seeds 3 on each side of much-enlarged placental arms, c. 5.5 cm long, winged at both ends. Embryo with lateral hypocotyl.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 32.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Well developed rain forest on a variety of sites at elevations from sea level to 1,200 metres. It reaches its best development in upland and mountain rain forest.
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Grows in rainforest, near sea level to 1100 m altitude. 
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Usage

Uses timber wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 30
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Images

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Distribution

Flindersia bourjotiana world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Flindersia bourjotiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578484-1
WFO ID wfo-0000691372
COL ID 6J8PF
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Flindersia bourjotiana Flindersia tysoni