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Genus Ackama Family Cunoniaceae

Description: Trees.

Leaves unifoliate, imparipinnate, stipules prominent, tuft domatia along midvien, orbicular trichomes present.

Inflorescence axillary, often in a series; a cyme or panicle. Flowers small and sometimes sessile or nearly so, 4- 6-merous and cream coloured.

Fruit a capsule, with hairy seeds or with seeds with minute wings and a papillate surface.


Distribution and occurrence: Four species, 2 in New Zealand and 2 in Australia.

Temperate rainforest.

Text by Louisa Murray (2015), partly revised by Herve Sauquet (Dec 2019)
Taxon concept: J.C. Bradford et al. in Kubitzki - The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume 6, 2004, p 106.

One species in NSW: Ackama paniculosa

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