Schizomeria ovata D.Don

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Cunoniaceae > Schizomeria

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 35 m high. It may have buttresses. The leaves are simple. They are 5-15 cm long and 2-6 cm wide. The flowers can be in branched clusters at the ends of branches or in the axils of leaves. The flowers have 4-5 petals. They are white or cream. They are 2-3 mm long. The fruit is fleshy with a seed inside. They are white, cream or yellow. They are 15-18 mm long. There are 1 or 2 seeds. They have a brown woody stone.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Warm-temperate rainforest in New South Wales, often associated with Ceratopetalum apetalum on poorer soils, also on richer volcanic soils,, and as an understorey tree in wet sclerophyll forest in subtropical to tropical rainforest to 800 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest or wet sclerophyll forest in north Queensland. It grows between 280-1100 m altitude.
Sheltered gullies in rainforests.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten and also used for jam.
Uses timber wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 16 - 28
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Schizomeria ovata world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Schizomeria ovata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794772-1
WFO ID wfo-0000494145
COL ID 4VBDP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Schizomeria ovata Ceratopetalum ovatum