Flindersia schottiana F.Muell.

Species

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Characteristics

Tree to 36 m high. Trichomes simple, fasciculate, and stellate. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate or sometimes paripinnate, (8–) 10–16-foliolate, 19–40 cm long, neither petiole nor rachis winged; petiolules of lateral leaflets obsolete or nearly so; terminal leaflet with petiolule 11–27 mm long; laminae narrowly ovate to narrowly elliptic, oblong, or falcate, equi-or ±inequilateral, 7–16 cm long, 1.5–4.5 cm wide, acute to acuminate. Inflorescences 20–27 cm long. Flowers apparently exclusively bisexual. Sepals 1–1.5 mm long. Petals 4–6 mm long, white, sparsely appressed-pubescent abaxially, villous in proximal ⅓–½ adaxially. Ovules 3 on each side of placental arms. Capsule 8–13 cm long, separating (or easily separable) into 5 distinct valves at maturity; exocarp muricate, puberulous or becoming glabrous, with excrescences to 5 mm long. Seeds 3 on each side of much-enlarged placental arms, 5–6 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) 38.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in rainforest, near sea level to 800 m altitude. Also in New Guinea. 
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Lowland subtropical and littoral rainforest. Common in moister rainforests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses material social use wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

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

Conservation status

Flindersia schottiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578496-1
WFO ID wfo-0000691402
COL ID 6J8QK
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Synonyms

Flindersia pubescens Flindersia schottiana Flindersia schottiana var. pubescens