Atractocarpus benthamianus (F.Muell.) Puttock APNI* Synonyms: Randia benthamiana F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Tall shrub or small tree to c. 8 m high, young shoots pubescent.
Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4; lamina oblong-obovate, mostly 5–20 cm long, 2–6 cm wide, apex acuminate or blunt, lamina glabrous or pubescent on lower surface, lateral veins curved, ± looping, fine domatia present in vein axils; petiole 5–10 mm long.
Flowers axillary or terminal in up to 15-flowered clusters; pedicels c. 6–18 mm long. Calyx c. 5–8 mm long, toothed, glabrous to hairy. Corolla white, tube 6–8 mm long, lobes 5, 8–15 mm long.
Fruit ovoid to globose, c. 2 cm long, yellowish, crowned by scar of calyx limb.
Flowering: Flowers late winter to spring.
Distribution and occurrence: North from Forster; NC. Qld. Grows in rainforest and tall sclerophyll forest.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by S. McCune and D.M. Crayn
Taxon concept: Puttock, C.F. (1999) Revision of Atractocarpus (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae) in Australia and new combinations for some extra-Australian taxa. Australian Systematic Botany 12(2): 271-309.
| | Key to the subspecies | |
| 1 | Leaves pubescent on lower surface; inflorescences of 3–9 flowered clusters; calyx hairy; style hairy; fruit up to 3 cm long and 2.5 cm diameter | subsp. benthamianus |
| Leaves glabrous on lower surface; inflorescences of 7–15 flowered clusters; calyx glabrous except for a fringe of marginal hairs; style glabrous;fruit up to 2 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter | subsp. glaber |
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