Lepiderema punctulata Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Lepiderema

Characteristics

Tree to 10 m high. Young parts slightly viscid; branchlets, leaves and peduncles glabrous. Leaf rachis 4.5–8.5 cm long; leaflets 3–5 pairs, obliquely ovate-oblong to elliptic, acuminate or acute, entire, abruptly obtuse at base, and decurrent into petiolule, 3.5–8 cm long, 1.5–3.5 cm wide, pellucid-dotted; midrib excentric; petiolule 3–12 mm long; petiole 2.5–4.5 cm long. Panicles ramiflorous or axillary, 5.5–9.5 cm long, openly flowered; peduncles resin-dotted; pedicels 1–1.5 mm long, resin-dotted. Calyx lobes 1.5–2.5 mm long, 1–2 mm wide. Petals 2–2.5 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, gland-dotted. Filaments 3.5–4 mm long. Fruit obovoid to globose, 1–1.2 cm long and wide.
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Usually in mixed forests, on granite.
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Distribution

Lepiderema punctulata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:783451-1
WFO ID wfo-0000446232
COL ID 6P9MH
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Synonyms

Lepiderema punctulata Cupania punctulata Ratonia punctulata Cupaniopsis punctulata