Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition

Schoutenia ovata Korth.

Tree
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Family
Malvaceae

Korthals, P.W. (1848) Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 1 1: 313. Type: Java?, Korthals 993; holo: L.

Stem

A small tree not exceeding 30 cm dbh.

Leaves

Stipules filiform, up to 5 mm long. Underside of the leaf blade densely clothed in brown stellate hairs. Twig bark strong and fibrous when stripped. Midrib depressed on the upper surface. Leaf blades about 4-7 x 2-3 cm, often obscurely toothed or lobed towards the apex.

Flowers

Features not available.

Fruit

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Seedlings

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Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in NT. Altitudinal range not known but collected at 150 m. Grows in monsoon forest and vine thickets. Also occurs in SE Asia and Malesia.

RFK Code
1018
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