Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Dysoxylum arborescens (Blume) Miq.
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Flowers. © Barry Jago
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Flower. © Barry Jago
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Flower and buds. © Barry Jago
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Dehisced fruit and arillous seed. © W. T. Cooper
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Scale bar 10mm. © CSIRO
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10th leaf stage. © CSIRO
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Cotyledon stage, hypogeal germination. © CSIRO
Family
Miquel, F.A.W. (1868) Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 4 : 24.
Common name
Mahogany; Mossman Mahogany; Mahogany, Mossman
Stem
Lenticels large and conspicuous, up to 1 cm diameter. Narrow, hard, brittle, pale brown or orange stripes in the blaze.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Fruits depressed globular, about 15-20 mm long, glabrous on the outer surface. Sarcotesta surface 75% orange or red and 25% white. Cotyledons green.
Seedlings
Distribution and Ecology
Synonyms
Goniocheton arborescens Blume, Bijdr. fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 177(1825), Type: Java, Base of Mt Salak & Mt Seribu, C.L. Blume s.n.; holo: L. Alliaria nernstii (F.Muell.) Kuntze, Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 109(1891). Dysoxylum nernstii F.Muell., Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5: 176(1865), Type: In silvis ad sinum litoreum Rockinghams Bay secus rivos salinos. Dallachy.
RFK Code
355
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