Siphonodon membranaceus F.M.Bailey

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Siphonodon

Characteristics

Tree to 25 m, glabrous. Branchlets not pendulous. Leaves lanceolate, oblanceolate or elliptic, acuminate, rarely acute or obtuse, entire or remotely crenulate, chartaceous; lamina mostly 6-15 cm long and 2-5 cm wide; base shortly decurrent or rarely obtuse; secondary veins 6-9 pairs; petiole 3-6 mm long; stipules 0.8-2 mm long. Cymes c. 2 cm long, of 1 to several flowers; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Sepals ±semicircular, 1.2-2 mm long. Petals obovate or nearly circular, c. 4 mm long, greenish yellow. Stamens 2 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide; staminodes 0. Pistillar body 5-angled and 5-lobed; lobes opposite filaments; ovules 30 or more; style-like column projecting 0.5 mm beyond hollow apex of ovary. Fruit globular or depressed-globular, 4-5.5 cm diam., yellow or orange.
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A tree up to 25 m tall. It can have buttresses. The leaves are simple and 6-15 cm long. The edges can be entire or with large indents. The fruit are 70 mm long by 63 mm wide. They occur singly or in bunches in the axils of leaves. The shape varies. It looks like an orange on the outside but is dry and grainy on the inside. The number of seeds varies from a few to many. The fruit is edible in small amounts.
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows naturally in the rainforest in NE Queensland in Australia. It grows from sea level to 1000 m altitude.
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Grows in mesophyll vine forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Siphonodon membranaceus world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162799-1
WFO ID wfo-0000435560
COL ID 4XPWG
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Synonyms

Siphonodon membranaceus