Toechima tenax (Benth.) Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Toechima

Characteristics

Tree to 18 m high; glabrous or glabrescent except puberulous shoots and inflorescence. Leaf rachis 1–5.5 cm long; leaflets 2–6, elliptic to obovate, retuse to acute, entire, narrowly cuneate and decurrent at base, 3–7 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, glabrous, glossy; domatia prominent in some vein axils; petiolule 2–6 mm long; petiole 1–2.5 cm long. Panicles slender, 5–9 cm long; peduncle puberulent; pedicels 4–5 mm long. Calyx 1.5 mm long, puberulent. Petals 1–2 mm long. Filaments woolly. Fruit clavate to obovoid, slightly compressed, narrowly keeled at sutures, 2–3.5 cm long, 2–2.5 cm diam., usually 2-locular, orange-yellow to red; valves 2–5 mm thick, rind-like, corrugate, resiniferous. Aril smooth, collar-like at base of seed.
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Mature height (meter) 18.0
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Usually grows in dry rainforest, common along creeks and river banks.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Toechima tenax world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:785488-1
WFO ID wfo-0000459080
COL ID 57B35
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lepidopetalum tenax Toechima tenax Ratonia tenax Lepidopetalum australe