Acronychia suberosa

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Corky acronychia
In Coffs Harbour Botanic Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Acronychia
Species:
A. suberosa
Binomial name
Acronychia suberosa
C.T.White[1]
Trunk
Fruit

Acronychia suberosa, commonly known as corky acronychia,[2] is a species of small to medium-sized rainforest tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has mostly trifoliate leaves with elliptic to egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, small groups of cream-coloured flowers and elliptical to spherical, creamy yellow to whitish fruit.

Description

Acronychia suberosa is a tree that typically grows to a height of 20 m (66 ft) with a stem diameter of 30 cm (12 in) and a thick, dark

cymes 18–35 mm (0.7–1 in) long, the individual flowers on a pedicel 1–3.5 mm (0.04–0.1 in) long. The four sepals are 2–3 mm (0.08–0.1 in) wide, the four petals cream-coloured and 6–9 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long and the eight stamens alternate in length. Flowering mainly occurs in February and the fruit is a fleshy, creamy yellow to whitish, elliptical to more or less spherical drupe 12–15 mm (0.5–0.6 in) long. The fruit matures from March to June.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Acronychia suberosa was first formally described in 1932 by Cyril Tenison White in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland from specimens collected in Lamington National Park in 1929.[5][6] The specific epithet suberosa means 'corky', referring to the bark on older trees.

Distribution and habitat

Corky acronychia grows from the

Richmond River, New South Wales to just over the border at the McPherson Range in southeastern Queensland at altitudes of 200–1,000 m (660–3,280 ft). The habitat is subtropical or warm temperate rainforest on basalt soils in high rainfall areas.[2][3][4]

Uses

Food

The fruit is edible but acidic.[7]

Horticulture

Removal of the flesh from the seed is advised for regeneration. Around 30% of the seeds may germinate in five months.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Acronychia suberosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Acronychia suberosa". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3
    . Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  4. ^ a b Hartley, Thomas G. (2013). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 108. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Acronychia suberosa". APNI. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. ^ White, Cyril T. (1932). "Two previously undescribed Rutaceae from south eastern Queensland". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 43: 47–48. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Food Plants International".
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