Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Glochidion sessiliflorum var. pedicellatum Airy Shaw
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Family
Airy Shaw, H.K. (1980) Kew Bulletin 35: 640. Type: Queensland, Cook District (Atherton Tableland) : S.F.R. 251, Charmillin Logging Area, 17 40 S, 145 30 E, A. W. Dockrill 1271; holo: K.
Common name
Pin Flower Tree
Stem
Dead bark layered.
Leaves
Flowers
Male flowers: Inflorescence without a peduncle and strictly axillary. Flowers about 3 mm diam. without a disk. Female flowers: Flowers pedicellate. Style +/- columnar, exserted at flowering.
Fruit
Capsules about 14-lobed, concave at the apex, about 15 mm diam., resembling a miniature Queensland Blue pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo).
Seedlings
Distribution and Ecology
Occurs in NEQ. Altitudinal range from 100-1100 m. Grows in well developed rain forest but more frequently encountered in drier rain forest associated with Kauri Pine (Agathis robusta).
RFK Code
953
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