Toechima erythrocarpum (F.Muell.) Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Toechima

Characteristics

Tree to 20 m high. Branchlets, leaf axes and peduncles puberulous to glabrescent. Leaf rachis 8.5–17.5 cm long; leaflets 2–10, elliptic-oblong to ±obovate, shortly acuminate or obtuse, entire, oblique and obtuse at base, 8.5–22 cm long, 3–8 cm wide, glabrous; lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, obliquely arched, usually with small domatia in some axils; reticulation prominent; petiolule 6–15 mm long; petiole 4–11 cm long. Panicles 11.5–27.5 cm long, open; pedicels 5–9 mm long. Calyx 2 mm long. Petals obovate, 3 mm long. Filaments woolly. Fruit obovoid-ellipsoidal, 2–3.5 cm long, 1.5–3.2 cm diam., 3-locular, apricot; valves fleshy, rind-like, 3–5 mm thick, densely tomentose inside. Aril smooth, yellow, fleshy.
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Grows in gallery rainforest, usually on basalt.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses fuel material
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Distribution

Toechima erythrocarpum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:785481-1
WFO ID wfo-0001039272
COL ID 57B2W
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Synonyms

Cupania erythrocarpa Toechima erythrocarpum Ratonia nugentii

Lower taxons

Toechima erythrocarpum subsp. papuanum