Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Actephila sessilifolia Benth.
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Male and female flowers [not vouchered]. © G. Sankowsky
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Leaves and flowers [not vouchered]. © G. Sankowsky
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Flower [not vouchered]. © G. Sankowsky
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Fruit [not vouchered]. © G. Sankowsky
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Scale bar 10mm. © CSIRO
Family
Bentham, G. (1873) Flora Australiensis 6: 90. Type: Queensland. Caves mountains, five miles west of Morinisi (Morinish), Thozet; holo: K. Fide Airy Shaw (1980a).
Common name
Scrub Daphne
Stem
Usually flowers and fruits as a shrub about 1-3 m tall.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
Endemic to Queensland, occurs in NEQ and CEQ. Altitudinal range from 150-900 m. Grows as an understory plant, usually in the drier types of rain forest and also in vine thickets. Sometimes found in moist rain forest.
RFK Code
3383
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