Sarcopteryx acuminata S.T.Reynolds

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Sarcopteryx

Characteristics

Tree to 15 m high. Branchlets, leaf axes, peduncles and flowers tomentose to glabrescent with rusty or hoary crispate hairs. Leaf rachis 4–10 cm long; leaflets 6–8, rarely fewer, elliptic or ovate-oblong, acuminate or subcaudate, oblique and rounded or ±acute at base, 3.5–11 cm long, 1.5–4.5 cm wide, glabrous or puberulous especially on midrib; petiolule 5–14 mm long; petiole 2.5–6.5 cm long. Panicles to 23 cm long, openly flowered; bracts subulate, to 3 mm long; pedicels 3–5 mm long. Calyx lobes narrowly ovate, acuminate, 2–2.5 mm long, pubescent or puberulent. Petals as long. Fruit sessile, ovoid or transversely ellipsoidal, triquetrous, winged, 1.5–2 cm long and wide, puberulous or glabrous, deep pink; wings 3–4 mm wide, coriaceous.
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Grows in high-altitude rainforest.
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Distribution

Sarcopteryx acuminata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905178-1
WFO ID wfo-0000493221
COL ID 6XMTF
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Synonyms

Sarcopteryx acuminata