Common name: Large-leaved Wilkiea
Wilkiea macrophylla (A.Cunn.) A.DC. APNI* Synonyms: Kibara macrophylla (A.Cunn.) Benth. APNI*
Description: Shrub or small tree, entirely glabrous.
Leaves oblong to elliptic, 8–22 cm long, 3–9 cm wide, apex blunt, base rounded to cordate, usually glabrous, stiff; teeth distant but prominent; finest reticulum usually rather coarse and obscure, but not conspicuously raised; petiole 1–10 mm long.
Male flowers 2–3 mm diam. with only the outer pair of perianth lobes duplicated inside; stamens c. 8; female flowers 3–4 mm diam.
Fruiting receptacle 3–8 mm diam., carpels c. 15.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: In subtropical rainforest, north from the Richmond R.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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