Quassia sp. Mt Nardi (Floyd 1198) APNI* Synonyms: Quassia sp. A sensu Harden (1991) APNI*
Quassia sp. aff. bidwillii sensu Floyd (1989) APNI*
Description: Shrub or small tree.
Leaves narrow-elliptic to narrow-lanceolate, 7–16 cm long, 15–30 mm wide, apex blunt or bluntly pointed, base tapering, glabrous, upper surface green, lower surface yellowish, secondary veins numerous and ± transverse; petiole 3–5 mm long.
Flowers in clusters of 1–4, either ramiflorous or on short leafless inflorescences near apex of branchlets. Calyx lobed, c. 1 mm long. Petals 5, 3–4 mm long, red. Stamens 8 or 10, filaments villous below constriction. Carpels usually 5, ovaries glabrous, free, inserted on disc; style c. 1 mm long.
Drupes usually 1–3, ovoid, c. 10 mm long, red.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in subtropical and warm-temperate rainforest and regrowth in the Alstonville and Nightcap Ra. areas and near Dorrigo, not common.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: A.G. Floyd (1989)
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