Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Gossia sankowskyorum N.Snow & Guymer
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Lignum
Leaf blades about 1.7-4.3 x 0.9-2 cm, petioles about 0.2-0.3 cm long, grooved or channelled on the upper surface. Oil dots numerous, brownish, visible with a lens. Midrib +/- flush with the upper surface. Stipules small and inconspicuous. Lateral veins generally indistinct with only 1 or 2 obvious on each side of the midrib.
Cotyledons about 4-6 x 1-1.5 mm, very small oil dots visible about the margins of the cotyledons, midrib just visible. Stipules present. At the tenth leaf stage: oil dots yellow or reddish, visible to the naked eye. Intramarginal vein and lateral veins visible with a lens. Stipules small, about 1 mm long. Seed germination time 10 to 12 days.
Occurs in CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range from 400-700 m. Grows as an understory tree in monsoon forest usually on rocky outcrops.
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