Halfordia kendack Guillaumin

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Halfordia

Characteristics

Shrub, or tree to 30 m high. Leaves subsessile or with petiole to 2 cm long; lamina elliptic to obovate, or narrowly so, 4–15 cm long, 1.5–6 cm wide, attenuate at base, entire, rounded or obtuse to acuminate at apex. Inflorescences 3–6 cm long; pedicels 1.5–3 mm long. Sepals 0.5–1 mm long. Petals c. 4.5 mm long, greenish white or white to yellowish, appressed-pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Staminal filaments frequently glandular-papillose towards apex; anthers glabrous or those of antipetalous stamens with 1 or a few apical trichomes. Fruit globose to ellipsoid or ovoid, 8–12 mm long. Seeds narrowly ovoid to ellipsoid, 3.5–5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in monsoon woodland and coastal and inland rain forest, to 1260 m altitude. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses fuel material social use
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Images

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Halfordia kendack unspecified picture

Distribution

Halfordia kendack world distribution map, present in Australia and Papua New Guinea

Conservation status

Halfordia kendack threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:773848-1
WFO ID wfo-0000714659
COL ID 3JBGJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 700586
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Synonyms

Halfordia kendack Halfordia leichhardtii Halfordia papuana Halfordia scleroxyla Eriostemon kendack Eriostemon leichhardtii