Flindersia pimenteliana F.Muell.

Maple silkwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Flindersia

Characteristics

Tree to 36 m high. Trichomes simple. Leaves opposite or subopposite, imparipinnate or sometimes trifoliolate (occasional or frequent leaves paripinnate or bifoliolate or rarely occasional leaves simple), mostly 3–7-foliolate, 7–25 cm long, neither petiole nor rachis winged; petiolules of lateral leaflets 3–15 mm long; terminal leaflet with petiolule 12–40 mm long; laminae equi-or inequilaterally ovate to elliptic, or narrowly so, or subfalcate, 3.5–12 cm long, 1.3–5 cm wide, acuminate. Inflorescences 9–17 cm long. Flowers bisexual or at least a few male. Sepals 0.8–1.2 mm long. Petals 2.5–4 mm long, red or reddish, glabrous or sparsely puberulous abaxially, glabrous or with scattered papillae adaxially. Ovules in bisexual flowers 2 on each side of placental arms. Capsule 6–9 cm long, separating (or easily separable) into 5 distinct valves at maturity; exocarp muricate, glabrous, with excrescences to 4 mm long. Seeds 2 on each side of much-enlarged placental arms, 4–6 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) 33.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A canopy or sub-canopy tree in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites but probably reaches its best development in upland and mountain rain forest. It is found from near sea level to 1,300 metres.
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Grows in rainforest, 20–1250 m altitude. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses material social use 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

Flindersia pimenteliana unspecified picture

Distribution

Flindersia pimenteliana world distribution map, present in Australia and Papua New Guinea

Conservation status

Flindersia pimenteliana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578495-1
WFO ID wfo-0000691398
COL ID 6J92F
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Flindersia chrysantha Flindersia pimenteliana Flindersia mazlini

Lower taxons

Flindersia pimenteliana f. oppositifolia