Micromelum minutum (G.Forst.) Wight & Arn. APNI* Description: Small tree to 9 m high.
Leaves 10–45 cm long; leaflets 7–15, ± ovate, 2–10 cm long, 1–6 cm wide, asymmetric, apex shortly pointed or bluntly acuminate, base rounded, margins entire or ± crenate, upper surface with numerous raised oil dots, lower surface shortly pubescent, small domatia present in primary vein axils; petiole 2–6 cm long; lateral petiolules 2–7 mm long.
Calyx 5-lobed, c. 1 mm long. Petals 2.5–3.5 mm long, whitish.
Drupe ovoid, 8–10 mm long, yellow-orange.
Flowering: spring and autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows mainly in drier lowland rainforest, north from Lismore; last collected in N.S.W. in 1911.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld N.T.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Presumed Extinct
This species is considered data-deficient by Saving our Species (SoS, DPIE) which means a conservation project cannot be developed for it. Visit their website and contact SoS if you have additional information.
Text by P. G. Richards
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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