Cupaniopsis flagelliformis var. australis S.T.Reynolds APNI* Description: Small tree with spreading crown; new growth densely hairy, branchlets and leaf rachises pubescent.
Leaves 20–30 cm long; leaflets 10–16, narrow-elliptic to oblong-obovate, 4–13 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, apex acute to obtuse, base asymmetric, margins regularly toothed, upper surface glabrous or almost so, lower surface densely or sparsely hairy; small hairy domatia sometimes present; petiole 3.5–9 cm long, petiolules 1–4 mm long.
Panicles 9–50 cm long; flowers sessile. Petals c. 2.5 mm long.
Capsule sessile, obovoid to ellipsoidal 15–22 mm long, 15–25 mm diam., densely yellowish hairy, valves thick, yellow, deeply wrinkled when dried; aril cupular, orange.
Distribution and occurrence: in subtropical rainforest, north from the Richmond R.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
The single variety in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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