Lepiderema hirsuta S.T.Reynolds

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Lepiderema

Characteristics

Tree to 10 m high. Young parts, branchlets and leaf axes ferruginous-hirsute. Leaf rachis 19–57 cm long; leaflets 16–19 pairs, narrowly oblong-ovate or elliptic, caudate, bluntly acuminate, entire to remotely crenulate-serrulate, oblique and obtuse or truncate at base, 6.5–19.5 cm long, 0.8–4 cm wide, glabrous except midribs, pellucid-dotted; petiolules 2–3 mm long; petiole 4.5–16 cm long. Panicles ramiflorous, clustered, to 7 cm long, few-flowered; pedicels 3 mm long. Calyx lobes 3–4.5 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide. Petals c. 2.5 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, pink. Filaments to 2 mm long. Fruit obcordate, 1.8–2 cm long, 1.5–1.8 cm diam., reddish pink; calyx lobes persistent.
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Grows in rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Lepiderema hirsuta world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:902439-1
WFO ID wfo-0000446147
COL ID 6P9KL
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Synonyms

Lepiderema hirsuta