WorldFloraDB - Hakea macrocarpa

Characteristics

Tree or shrub, 1-6 m high, resprouting from base; bark brown-black, furrowed. Branchlets densely appressed-to woolly-tomentose, finally glabrescent. Leaves: petiole c. 1-5 mm long; lamina narrowly linear, flat to concave above, straight to variously curved, thick, 5-35 cm long, 3-15 mm wide, narrowly attenuate, acute to obtuse, densely appressed-tomentose, glabrescent. Inflorescence with c. 40-200 flowers; rachis (30-) 60-200 mm long, densely appressed to woolly cream-or white-tomentose, rarely glandular-pubescent throughout, with similar indumentum on pedicels and perianth. Flowers cream to green-yellow; pedicels 4-10 mm long. Perianth 7-9 mm long. Pistil 18-26 (-30) mm long; style straight or curved; pollen presenter oblique. Fruit 2.2-4 cm long; valves 1.2-1.7 cm wide; beak curved. Seed occupying c. half valve, 1.8-3.7 cm long, 0.9-1.4 cm wide; wing c. 1/2-2/3 down one side only.

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A tall shrub or small tree. It grows 5-7 m high and 3-6 m wide. The crown can be round or straggly. The bark has deep cracks. The leaves are 15-20 cm long by 0.4-1 cm wide. They are narrowly sword shaped. They are dull and leathery. They taper to the base. The flowering stalks are 7-15 cm long and in the axils of leaves. The flowers are greenish-white and have a scent. The fruit is 3-4 cm long by 1.5-2 cm wide. It is oval.

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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in northern Australia. It grows in woodland near the coast. It suits tropical, seasonally dry climates. It requires an open sunny position and a well-drained soil. It can grow in arid places.

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Found in red sandplain, often with hummock grasses, sometimes also in woodland, less commonly in heavier soil.

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Uses	medicinal
Edible	gums nectars
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704253-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000714373
COL ID	3HCJD
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Synonyms

Hakea macrocarpa Grevillea alphonsiana Hakea morrisoniana

WorldFloraDB 2024

Hakea macrocarpa A.Cunn. ex R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Hakea