Miliusa brahei (F.Muell.) Jessup

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Miliusa

Characteristics

Tree to 15 m high. Shoots and branchlets pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 1–3 mm long; lamina elliptic or ovate, 4–14 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide, acute or obtuse to rounded at base, acute or acuminate, rarely obtuse at apex, glabrescent except for midvein below; secondary veins mostly 7–10 pairs. Flowers solitary or paired; pedicel 2–6 cm long. Sepals ovate, 1.7–2 mm long, pubescent outside. Outer petals narrowly boat-shaped, 2.8–3 mm long, 0.3–0.4 mm wide, pubescent, green. Inner petals ovate, 13–15 mm long, 6–8 mm wide, glabrescent and brownish green outside; margins puberulous, greenish yellow mottled red inside with a medial pink stripe. Stamens c. 36, 0.7–1 mm long. Carpels c. 26; ovary c. 0.8 mm long; ovules 4–6. Apocarps subglobular, 7–15 mm long, 7–11 mm wide; stipe 5-15 mm long. Seeds 4–6.
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A large tree. It grows up to 12-20 m high and spreads 6-12 m wide. The young growth is glossy and pale-brown and hairy. The bark is dark brown to black and flaky. It loses its leaves during the dry season. The leaves are 4-14 cm long by 1.5-5 cm wide. They are alternate and oval with short stalks. The flowers are 2 cm across. They are greenish and occur singly or in pairs. They occur on curved stalks 3-7 cm long. They are in the axils of leaves and often on the older wood. The fruit hang in bunches like grapes. The fruit are 1-1.8 cm long by 1-1.4 cm wide. Fruit turn black when ripe. The fruit stalks are 1.5 cm long.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 6.0 - 12.0
Mature height (meter) 13.5 - 17.5
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in tropical and subtropical regions. It grows naturally in monsoon vine forests. It needs good drainage.
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Grows in coastal and subcoastal semi-evergreen and semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest, monsoon vine forest and thicket.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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The fruit are eaten when ripe.
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Plants are grown from fresh seed.
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Distribution

Miliusa brahei world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Miliusa brahei threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943248-1
WFO ID wfo-0001066098
COL ID 43CVJ
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Synonyms

Miliusa brahei Saccopetalum brahei