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Owenia venosa F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Meliaceae > Owenia

Characteristics

Tree to 20 m tall with bole to 45 cm diam.; bark brown or greyish, scaling; leafy shoots glabrous. Leaves 6–20 cm long, 3-or 4-jugate, often with terminal process, those of suckers and saplings imparipinnate and with markedly winged rachis; petiole 3–8 cm long. Leaflets opposite to alternate, obovate to elliptic-oblong, 2.5–9 cm long, 1.2–3 cm wide, usually asymmetric at base, obtuse to emarginate at apex, glossy adaxially; venation conspicuously reticulate abaxially. Thyrses 6–16 cm long. Sepals orbicular, c. 2 mm long. Petals oblong-lanceolate, c. 4–5 mm long, white to greenish yellow. Drupe 2–4 cm diam., red.
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A tall shrub or small tree. It can grow 20 m high. Young growth is sticky and yellow. The small branches are thick and can be red or purple. The leaves are 20 cm long and have leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are 8 cm long by 3 cm wide. There are 3-4 pairs of leaflets. They are dark green above and paler underneath. There are net like veins. The flowers are 0.5 cm across. They are white and occur in clusters as long as the leaves. The fruit are 4 cm across. They are round and red.
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in dry rainforests in tropical and subtropical Australia. It needs good drainage and sun.
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Growing in dry rainforest, especially surviving in disturbed conditions and persisting in farmland. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Wood used for tool-handles and flooring.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Seed are difficult to germinate.
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Distribution

Owenia venosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:579108-1
WFO ID wfo-0000388718
COL ID 75DJN
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Synonyms

Owenia venosa
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