Choriceras tricorne (Benth.) Airy Shaw

Airy Shaw, H.K. (1960) Kew Bulletin 14: 356.

Cape Choriceras

Seldom exceeding 30 cm dbh. Sapwood surface often corrugated.

Leaf blades about 3-6.5 x 2-3 cm. Lateral veins forming loops well inside the blade margin. Terminal buds and very young shoots clothed in pale brown hairs. Small oil dots visible with a lens. Midrib raised on the upper surface and petiole channelled on the upper surface.

Inflorescences shorter than the leaves, often not much longer than the petioles. Flowers about 1-2 mm diam.

Capsule 3-horned, about 6-9 mm diam., completely disintegrating when the seeds are shed, leaving only the central axis still attached to the tree.

Cotyledons almost orbicular, about 7-9 mm diam. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade narrowly elliptic, margin serrate; petiole hairy. Seed germination time 27 to 42 days.

Occurs in NT, CYP and NEQ, widespread. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 600 m. Grows in monsoon forest and dry rain forest, particularly on the margins of these vegetation types, also found in beach forest and on old sand dunes. Also occurs in New Guinea.