Galbulimima belgraveana Sprague

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Himantandraceae > Galbulimima

Characteristics

A large tree. It can grow 15-36 m high. The leaves are in spirals spaced along the branch. The leaves are 6-16 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. The upper leaf surface is shiny green and underneath it is green or brown. The flowers are yellow-brown. They occur singly in the axils of the leaves. The fruit are 2-3 cm long. They are red and fleshy. The seed can be 1 cm across.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 25.0 - 36.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A canopy tree, locally common in primary rain forest, found on hill slopes and ridges at elevations up to 2,700 metres, but mostly from 1,000-2000 metres. In montane forest found in association with Nothofagus and also common in Fagaceae forest.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in most provinces of mainland Papua New Guinea.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Caution: Tea made from the leaves and bark of this plant causes deep sleep or hallucinogenic dreams.
Uses animal food environmental use fuel invertebrate food material medicinal poison seasoning social use tea timber wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Galbulimima belgraveana unspecified picture

Distribution

Galbulimima belgraveana world distribution map, present in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands

Conservation status

Galbulimima belgraveana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:554484-1
WFO ID wfo-0000428054
COL ID 3F382
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Galbulimima nitida Galbulimima parvifolia Eupomatia belgraveana Himantandra belgraveana Himantandra baccata Galbulimima belgraveana Himantandra baccata Himantandra nitida Himantandra parvifolia Galbulimima baccata