Guioa acutifolia
(Glossy tamarind)
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FAMILY |
Sapindaceae |
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Species |
Guioa acutifolia |
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Common name |
Glossy tamarind |
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Flower colour; life form |
White; tree |
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Campus |
Cairns |
Description
A local native tree growing along the margins of Half Moon Creek, leaves with 2-3 (4) pairs of lanceolate leaflets, paler on the lower surface, each leaflet somewhat asymmetrical at the base, terminal leaflet reduced to a very small spine. Flowers in a raceme; petals 5, white, stamens 8 disc green. Fruit a 3-lobed depressed capsule to 12 mm high. A yellow-to orange aril encloses the seed.
