Tapeinosperma repandulum (F.Muell.) Jackes

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Tapeinosperma

Characteristics

Shrub 1–3 m high or small tree to 5 m high; twigs often angular. Leaves: petiole 2–3 (–4) mm long; lamina obovate to oblanceolate, occasionally lanceolate, tapering to an acuminate apex, 7.8–19.3 cm long, 2.3–5.6 cm wide, margin irregularly serrulate to crenulate, glands pellucid globular and lineate, c. 6–8 per areole. Inflorescence 2–7 (–8) cm long, 2–3 cm wide; pedicels 3–7 (–9) mm long, with dark-coloured lineate gland, elongating and curving as fruit matures. Flowers c. 3 mm long, calyx c. 1 mm long; corolla 2.5–3 mm long, cream, glands concentrated into the median area of the lobes, drying black; stamens: filaments 1 mm long, anthers 2 mm long, awl-shaped; ovary c. 1 mm diam., style 2.5–3 mm long, glands dark; ovules 4 or 5. Fruit depressed-globular, 6–7 mm long, c. 8 mm wide, dark pink to red.
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Along streams and in subtropical rainforest areas, often in very moist habitats within these forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Tapeinosperma repandulum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60442378-2
WFO ID wfo-0001278719
COL ID 54RJK
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Synonyms

Ardisia repandula Tapeinosperma repandulum