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Persoonia arborea F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Persoonia

Characteristics

Erect shrubs or trees 3-14 m tall. Hairs of short to moderate length, greyish to ferruginous, appressed to patent. Young branchlets densely hairy. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly spathulate, 4-10 cm long, 6-21 mm wide, flat, with recurved margins, moderately hairy when immature, glabrous to moderately hairy when mature, smooth. Flowers subtended by scale leaves and leaves; pedicels 2-5 mm long, erect, moderately hairy; tepals 16-19 mm long, acute to apiculate, moderately hairy on outside.
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A tall shrub. It grows 4-9 m high and spreads 2-5 m wide. Young growth has reddish or white hairs. The new young branches are reddish-brown. The leaves are 3-10.5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. They are oblong or sword shaped. They are dark green above and paler underneath. The flower is about 1 cm across and pale yellow. They occur singly in the axils of the upper leaves. The fruit are fleshy and 1 cm long by 0.8 cm wide. They have one stone inside. They are green to yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 2.0 - 5.0
Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Environment

Grows in wet sclerophyll forest to cool-temperate rainforest on granite, acid volcanics and in metamorphic substrata at elevations of 450-1200 metres.
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Grows in wet sclerophyll forest to cool-temperate rainforest on granite, acid volcanics and in metamorphic substrata, from 450 to 1200 m alt.
It is a temperate plant. It grows in moist wet forests. It needs well drained acid soils. It grows best in light shade. It can stand frosts.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-6
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Usage

Uses wood
Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Persoonia arborea world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Persoonia arborea threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705377-1
WFO ID wfo-0000483298
COL ID 76VB3
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INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Persoonia arborea Linkia arborea
WorldFloraDB 2024