Tasmannia membranea (F.Muell.) A.C.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Canellales > Winteraceae > Tasmannia

Characteristics

Shrub or tree 1.5–8 m high; branchlets striate, reddish. Leaves: petiole 1–13 mm long; lamina obovate to lanceolate, 8–17 cm long, 0.9–4 cm wide, attenuate and decurrent on petiole at base, acute to acuminate apex, membranous, slightly glaucous below. Male flowers: pedicels 7–36 mm long; petals 2, oblanceolate, 6–13 mm long; stamens 30–62; sterile carpels 1 or 2 (or 3). Female flowers: pedicels 6–23 mm long; petals 2, 3.5–10 mm long, 1.5–4.5 mm wide; carpel 1, sessile; ovules 14–36. Apocarps globose to ovoid, 10–11 mm long, black; transversely septate pulpa slightly developed; stipes 0.1–0.4 mm long. Seeds 4–7, obovoid, slightly curved, 3–3.5 mm long. See also Cooper & Cooper (2004: 559), Zich et al. (2020).
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A shrub or small tree. The leaves are simple and 5-22 cm long. They occur alternately or in rings. The leaf base and leaf stalk are often red. The fruit are 14-18 mm long by 10-13 mm wide. They occur singly or in clusters in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. There are several small seeds. The flesh is edible.
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Grows in notophyll vine forest; 300–1300 m alt. Recorded by Zich et al. (2020) as an understorey tree in upland and mountain rainforest.
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A tropical plant. It grows naturally in the rainforest in NE Queensland.
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Distribution

Tasmannia membranea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:555236-1
WFO ID wfo-0000457972
COL ID 54YMK
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Synonyms

Tasmannia membranea Drimys membranea