Toechima pterocarpum S.T.Reynolds

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Toechima

Characteristics

Tree to 4 m high, glabrous except puberulous shoots. Leaf rachis 5–11 cm long; leaflets 4–6, subopposite or alternate, narrowly elliptic to ovate, obtuse to shortly acuminate, entire, oblique and acute or obtuse at base, 5.5–12.5 cm long, 2–3.5 cm wide, thinly coriaceous; petiolule 6–14 mm long; petiole 1.5–4 cm long. Inflorescence 17–24 cm long; peduncle glabrous. Calyx 1.5 mm long, lobes ovate, ciliolate. Petals obovate or ovate, 2.5–3 mm long, scales woolly. Filaments woolly. Fruit broadly obovoid, 3-lobed, broadly winged from apex to base, 1.5–2.5 cm long, 1.5–3 cm diam., red; pericarp thinly fleshy; wings thin, delicately veined. Aril bilobed, plate-like.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Toechima pterocarpum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:928841-1
WFO ID wfo-0000458883
COL ID 57B33
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Synonyms

Toechima pterocarpum