Lethedon setosa (C.T.White) Kosterm.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Lethedon

Characteristics

Tree 10–15 m high. Young stems densely and shortly hairy. Leaves usually elliptic or narrowly elliptic, glabrous on adaxial surface, with short hairs abaxially especially on midrib and margins; lamina 5.5–22 cm long, 2–9 cm wide; petiole 6–15 mm long. Inflorescence of 2–4-flowered clusters, each with a peduncle 1–6 mm long. Flowers bisexual or unisexual; pedicel 6–8 mm long, densely hairy. Sepals 5, broadly ovate to almost circular, c. 6 mm long, very densely hairy outside, green. Stamens numerous, not or shortly exserted above sepals. Mature fruit lobed-globular, c. 15 mm long, very densely covered by yellow-brown hairs. Seeds somewhat laterally compressed, c. 7 mm long, glabrous.
Life form annual
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in rainforest, at altitudes up to 800 m.
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Distribution

Lethedon setosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832197-1
WFO ID wfo-0001268507
COL ID 722LR
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Synonyms

Microsemma setosa Lethedon setosa