Rhodamnia australis A.J.Scott

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Rhodamnia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows to 10 m tall. It may have buttresses. The leaves are simple and are 5-10 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They are silvery white underneath. The veins around the edge is dark coloured. The leaf stalk is 5-11 mm long. The flowers are in a group in the axils of the leaves. There are 4 white petals and they are 4-5 mm long. The fruit is a berry. It is red, purple or black. It is 7-9 mm long and wide. There are 2-12 seeds. They are 3-4 mm long.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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A tropical plant. It grows in tropical monsoon forest. In tropical Queensland it grows from sea level to 450 m altitude.
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Distribution

Rhodamnia australis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:601109-1
WFO ID wfo-0000296285
COL ID 7977F
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Synonyms

Rhodamnia australis