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Pullea stutzeri (F.Muell.) Gibbs
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Flowers. © Barry Jago

Leaves and Flowers. © B. Gray

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10th leaf stage. © CSIRO

Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. © CSIRO
Family
Gibbs, L.S. (1917) A Contribution to the Phytogeography and Flora of the Arfak Mountains : 142.
Common name
Alder, Hard; Hard Alder
Stem
Blaze darkens on exposure.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Seedlings
Cotyledons elliptic, about 3-4 mm long. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade elliptic or obovate, margin irregularly dentate and serrate from the base to the apex, upper surface hairy; petiole, stem and terminal bud densely hairy; stipules large, interpetiolar, ovate to obovate, hairy. Seed germination time 25 days.
Distribution and Ecology
Natural History & Notes
Produces a useful general purpose timber.
Wood specific gravity 0.83. Cause et al. (1989).
Synonyms
Callicoma stutzeri F.Muell. f. stutzeri, Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4): 709(1928). Callicoma stutzeri F.Muell. var. stutzeri, Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4): 709(1928). Callicoma stutzeri F.Muell., Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5: 31(1865), Type: In valli Dalrymples Gap ad sinum Rockinghams Bay. Dallachy. Callicoma stutzeri var. subpubescens Domin, Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4): 709(1928), Type: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. Callicoma stutzeri f. glabrifolia Domin, Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4): 709(1928), Type: (none cited). [Given by R.D.Hoogland, Blumea 25 (1979) 490 as K. Domin s.n., `In den Regenwaldern bei Harveys Creek, I. 1910 (PR, n.v.). Callicoma stutzeri var. glabrifolia Domin, Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4): 709(1928), Type: (not cited). [Given by R.D.Hoogland, Blumea 25 (1979) 490 as K. Domin s.n., `In den Regenwaldern bei Harveys Creek , I. 1910 (PR, n.v.).
RFK Code
19
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