Common name: Cheese Tree
Glochidion ferdinandi var. ferdinandi (Müll.Arg.) F.M.Bailey APNI* Description: Shrub to medium-sized tree.
Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, shortly pointed, mostly 3–10 cm long, 1.5–4 cm wide; petiole 3–5 mm long.
Flowers pedicellate in leaf axils, but not on a common peduncle. Perianth 2–3 mm long.
Capsule stalked, solitary in leaf axil, 12–20 mm diam., green turning whitish pink to deep red when ripe; segments opening and exposing a pair of flattened seeds in each loculus; seeds covered by a red aril; ripe Nov.-Feb.
Distribution and occurrence: widespread in coastal districts.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, NWS
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. N.T.
Text by T.A. James & G.J. Harden, Flora of New South Wales Vol. 1: 400-401 (1990), in Euphorbiaceae.
Taxon concept: Australian Plant Census (accessed May 2017)
APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
|
