Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Medicosma heterophylla T.G.Hartley
Hartley, T.G. (2013) Flora of Australia 26: 91, 582. Type: Qld. Cook District. Track on Pinnacle Rock, 4 km W of Karnak, Qld, 12 July 1994, P.I.Forster 15541 et al.
Seldom exceeding 30 cm dbh.
Leaves trifoliolate and simple. Numerous oil dots visible with a lens. Leaf blades about 3.5-8 x 1.4-3.6 cm. Crushed leaves emit a conspicuous odour which is difficult to describe. Lateral veins forming loops inside the blade margin.
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Endemic to NEQ, known along Roaring Meg Creek and the vicitiny of Karnak, Daintree River National Park. Altitudinal range from 450-1000 m. Grows as an understory tree in well developed upland and mountain rain forest.
Medicosma sp. Pieter Botte (B.Hyland 3503RFK). Medicosma sp. Karnak (P.I.Forster PIF15541).