Guioa coriacea (Radlk.) Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Guioa

Characteristics

Tree to 15 m high. Leaves paripinnate, with 1–4 pairs of leaflets; leaflets elliptic-oblanceolate, 3–11 cm long, 1.2–5 cm broad, attenuate onto petiolule, entire, revolute, acute to rounded, blunt. Inflorescence 4–16 cm long; cymules 2-or 3-flowered. Calyx lobes 5, broadly ovate to orbicular, ciliate; outer lobes 1.5–2 mm long; inner lobes 2.5–3.5 mm long. Petals 5, oblanceolate, 2–3.5 mm long, pilose on margins and exterior; scales 1–2.5 mm long, with lobed-clavate apex. Filaments 1–3 mm long. Ovary 1–1.5 mm long; style c. 1 mm long, accrescent. Capsule 1 or 2 (–3)-lobed, 1.5–2.5 cm long. Seeds 1–1.5 mm long, black, covered with an orange aril.
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Growth support free-standing
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Common in lowland forest and sheltered forest below 500 m alt.
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Images

Guioa coriacea unspecified picture

Distribution

Guioa coriacea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:783217-1
WFO ID wfo-0000711810
COL ID 3HLB9
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Atalaya coriacea Guioa coriacea Cupania howeana