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Guioa lasioneura Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Guioa

Characteristics

Tree to 15 m high. Young parts, branchlets, leaves and peduncles densely or sparsely ferruginous hirsute. Leaf rachis 1–3.5 cm long; leaflets 1 or 2 pairs, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, acute or acuminate, entire, 3.5–12.5 cm long, 1.5–4 cm wide, lower surface whitish; petiolules 2–5 mm long, petiole 1–4 cm long. Inflorescences clustered, axillary or ramiflorous, to 10.5 cm long; peduncle very slender; pedicels 2 mm long. Calyx lobes 1.5–2.5 mm long. Petals shorter. Disc unilateral. Capsule pink-purple, 0.8–1.4 cm long, 1–2.2 cm diam.
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A tree up to 15 m tall. It spreads to 3-5 m wide. It can have buttresses. The leaves are compound and alternate. There are 2-4 leaflets and these are 3-13 cm long. The leaflets can have rusty hairs. The fruit is 8-14 mm long by 10-22 mm wide. They occur in bunches in the axils of leaves. There are 1-3 seeds. These have an orange aril or layer around them. This aril is edible.
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Mature width (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
Mature height (meter) 15.0
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A tropical plant. It suits tropical and subtropical regions. Plants need some shade when young. It grows naturally in rainforest in Central Eastern Queensland in Australia. It grows from sea level to 1470 m altitude.
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Grows on mountain ranges.
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Edible fruits
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Plants are grown from seed. The seed needs to be planted fresh.
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Distribution

Guioa lasioneura world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Guioa lasioneura threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:783240-1
WFO ID wfo-0000711844
COL ID 3HLBY
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Synonyms

Guioa lasioneura
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