Pouzolzia australis (Endl.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear APNI* Synonyms: Boehmeria calophleba C.Moore & F.Muell. APNI* Boehmeria australis Endl. APNI*
Description: Shrub or small tree to 6 m high, monoecious.
Leaves petiolate; petiole 0.5–3(-6) cm long; lamina narrowly ovate to ovate, (3-)6–9(-15) cm long, (1.5-)2.5–4(-5) cm wide, base broadly rounded-cuneate, margin serrate, apex acute to slightly acuminate, primary veins palmate, 3, lower surface densely hairy with white hairs between veins.
Inflorescence with flowers in small, sessile, axillary clusteres. Male flowers 4-merous; perianth lobes 1 mm long, united at base, hairy. Female flowers with perianth ellipsoidal, hairy; style 2–4 mm long.
Flowering: November– April
Distribution and occurrence: Lord Howe Island. Abundant in moist forests on southern parts of Island.
NSW subdivisions: LHI
Text by B.J. Conn (2006) Taxon concept: C.M. Wilmot-Dear & I. Friis (2006)
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