Glochidion sessiliflorum var. stylosum Airy Shaw

Airy Shaw, H.K. (1980) Kew Bulletin 35: 641. Type: Queensland. Cook District, T.R. 146, Tableland L.A. 15 45 S, 145 15 E, rain-forest, 660m, 9 July 1975, Hyland 3221RFK; holo: K; iso: QRS.

Pin Flower Tree; Buttonwood

Dead bark layered.

Leaf blades about 4.5-7 x 1.5-2.5 cm. Midrib slightly raised on the upper surface. Leaf bearing twigs mainly glabrous.

Male flowers: Inflorescence without a peduncle and strictly axillary. Flowers without a disk. Female flowers: Flowers about 1.5 mm diam., sessile or shortly pedicellate. Style +/- columnar, exserted at flowering.

Capsules about 14-lobed, concave at the apex, about 10 mm or more diam., resembling a miniature Queensland Blue pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo).

Features not available.

Endemic to NEQ, known only from the type collection from Big Tableland south of Cooktown. Collected in well developed rain forest at 660 m.