Common name: Green Plum, Plum Wood
Atractocarpus stipularis (F.Muell.) Puttock APNI* Synonyms: Randia stipularis F.Muell. APNI*
Randia stipulosa C.Moore & F.Muell. ex F.Muell. APNI*
Randia macrophylla C.Moore APNI*
Description: Spreading, much-branched tree to 13 m tall.
Leaves closely imbricate at ends of branches; lamina broadly ovate, 15–20 (-30) cm long, 1–1.5 cm wide at base, coriaceous, striate with numerous parallel veins; base sheathing the stem and, on falling, leaving an annular scar; margin usually slightly recurved, obscurely serrate; apex gradually tapered to finely acute.
Inflorescence 10–15 (-20) cm long, densely paniculate, many-flowered, pubescent; bracts and bracteoles caducous. Sepals narrowly ovate, 3–4 mm long; margin ciliate; apex obtuse or acute; surface ±pubescent. Corolla white; tube 4 mm long; lobes ±triangular, 14–18 mm long, becoming recurved.
Fruit ±spherical to ovoid, 2–3.5 cm long.
Flowering: Mainly January
Distribution and occurrence: Endemic to Lord Howe Island, occurring from Goat House to Mt Gower and Mt Erskine. Grows in montane areas.
NSW subdivisions: LHI
P.S.Green (Fl. Austral. 49: 1994)
Text by Updated 2024. See also Hutton (Field Guide, 2002)
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