Fontainea fugax P.I.Forst.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Fontainea

Characteristics

Shrub to 4 m high. Leaves: petiole 2–4 mm long, of uniform thickness; lamina elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, 15–75 mm long, 6–42 mm wide; base cuneate; tip acute to obtuse; venation comprising 6–10 lateral veins and reticulate interlateral veins; glands elliptic, markedly intramarginal, 2–8 mm from base of lamina. Male flowers: pedicels 2.5–5 mm long; disc irregularly crenate, 0.4–0.8 mm long, glabrous; stamens 24, connate up to 1.5 mm above top of disc, filaments free for 1–3 mm. Female flowers not seen. Intact fruit not seen; endocarp beaked for 1–1.7 mm at tip, 3-or 4-ridged at sutures; intersutural faces ± flat to slightly convex, 15–17 mm long, 8–9.5 mm wide, weakly rugose.
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Environment

Grows in semi-evergreen vinethicket on red volcanic soils.
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Distribution

Fontainea fugax world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:999014-1
WFO ID wfo-0000967275
COL ID 6JDTW
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Synonyms

Fontainea fugax