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Lomatia arborescens L.R.Fraser & Vickery
Family Proteaceae
Common name: Tree Lomatia

Lomatia arborescens L.R.Fraser & Vickery APNI*

Description: Shrub or small tree to 10 m high; bark grey-brown, buds rusty-hairy.

Leaves ovate to lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 3–15 cm long, 1.5–6 cm wide, margins entire or crenate to coarsely toothed, teeth not pungent, base acute or obtuse, glabrous, reticulate venation often apparent but not conspicuously raised on upper surface; petiole 10–40 cm long, often about a third the length as the lamina.

Conflorescences axillary, raceme-like, 8–15 cm long, not or scarcely exceeding the leaves. Perianth 5–7 mm long, cream, ± glabrous.

Follicle 25–35 mm long.


Illustration

Habitat
Photo T.M. Tame

Flower
Photo T.M. Tame

Type
Specimen

Flowering: summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in cooler rainforest, or moist situations in wet sclerophyll forest at higher altitudes, north from Barrington Tops, and west to Mt Kaputar N.P.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Leaves variable, large and evenly toothed in plants in the shelter of rainforest and smaller, often entire in more exposed situations.

Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: A.J.G. Wilson, H.J. Hewson & J. Mowatt (1995)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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