Common name: White Booyong, Crowsfoot Elm
Heritiera trifoliolata (F.Muell.) Kosterm. APNI* Synonyms: Argyrodendron trifoliolatum F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Large tree to 40 m with canopy often appearing whitish from below; strongly buttressed at base, bark brown or grey, fissured.
Leaflets 3, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 8–14 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, lower surface silvery-scaly; petiole 0.5–8 cm long, petiolules 2–10 mm long.
Panicles many-flowered, often shorter than the leaves. Seed-bearing portion of the samara subglobose, 6–10 mm diam.; wing 3–6 cm long, 10–20 mm wide.
Distribution and occurrence: Common in lowland rainforest on rich soils to 600 m alt.; north from the Hastings R.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Two forms are recognized; both are in Qld with only the type form in N.S.W.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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