Common name: Umbrella Cheese Tree
Glochidion sumatranum Miq. APNI* Synonyms: Glochidion perakense var. supra-axillare (Benth.) Airy Shaw APNI*
Description: Tree to 15 m high.
Leaves elliptic to ovate, mostly 5–12 cm long (to 20 c. in juveniles), 2–6 cm wide, glabrous or finely pubescent below; petiole 5–7 mm long.
Flower clusters on a short peduncle arising 5–10 mm above the leaf axil. Perianth 2–3 mm long.
Capsule 5–10 mm diam., hairy, dusky pink; 1–8 capsules on a common stalk; ripe Apr.-May.
Distribution and occurrence: in rainforest, often in or adjoining palm forest or swamp sclerophyll forest, on the coast north from Nambucca River Estuary.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld N.T.
Glochidion was previously included in Euphorbiaceae.
Text by T.A. James & G.J. Harden, Flora of New South Wales Vol. 1: 400 (1990), in Euphorbiaceae.
Taxon concept: Australian Plant Census (accessed May 2017)
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