Common name: broad-leaved lilly pilly, blush satinash
Acmena hemilampra (F.Muell.) Merr. & L.M.Perry APNI* Synonyms: Syzygium hemilamprum (F.Muell.) Craven & Biffin APNI*
Description: Medium-sized to tall trees with flaky, often fissured bark; bark on twigs smooth, becoming slightly flaky with age.
Leaves broad-lanceolate to elliptic, 4–13 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, apex usually bluntly acuminate, base cuneate, margins undulate, glabrous, upper surface ± glossy, lower surface paler and sometimes glaucous; lateral veins numerous, intramarginal vein distinct; oil glands variable in size and frequency, distinct; petiole 2–10 mm long.
Panicles terminal. Petals ± circular, irregular in shape, 1–1.5 mm long, ± cohering. Stamens 0.5–2.5 mm long.
Fruit ± globose, 8–20 mm diam., white.
Flowering: October–November
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in subtropical and littoral rainforest, north from Iluka.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld N.T.
Text by Peter G. Wilson
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