Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Atalaya salicifolia (A.DC.) Blume
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Family
Blume, C.L. von (1847) Rumphia 3 : 186.
Common name
Whitewood, Brush; Blush Whitewood; Brush Whitewood; Whitewood; Whitewood, Blush
Stem
A small tree seldom exceeding 30 cm dbh.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Fruits, including the wing, about 32 x 9-10 mm, glabrous. Seed about 7 x 5.5 mm. Cotyledons twisted.
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
Synonyms
Sapindus salicifolia A.DC., Prodr. 1: 608(1824), Type: Timor, collector unknown. Atalaya australis (A.Rich.) F.Muell., Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1: 46(1858). Atalaya salicifolia var. intermedia C.A.Gardner, WA Forests Departmentt Bulletin 32: 61(1923), Type: WA, Carson River, Lat. 14 29, Sept. 1921, C. A. Gardner 1556; iso:PERTH, NSW. Atalaya virens C.T.White, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 55: 62(1944), Type: Queensland, Burnett District, Eidsvold, T.L. Bancroft; holo: BRI. Thouinia australis A.Rich., Voyage de l'Astrolabe 2, Sertum Astrolabianum : 31(1834), Type: Northern Territory, Melville Island, Fraser.
RFK Code
966
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