Common name: Cleistanthus, Omega
Cleistanthus cunninghamii (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. APNI* Synonyms: Lebidiera cunninghamii Müll.Arg. APNI*
Description: Shrub or small tree with young shoots finely pubescent, glabrescent with age.
Leaves ovate to elliptic, usually 3–9 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, greyish green, lower surface sprinkled with pale hairs; petiole 5–8 mm long.
Capsule 5–8 mm diam., flattened, reddish; ripe mainly autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: found in moist and dry rainforest up to 800 m alt., especially in coastal areas, north from Dungog.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by T.A. James & G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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