Emmenosperma alphitonioides
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Emmenosperma alphitonioides known as the Yellow Ash or Bonewood is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia
. It grows from Clyde River, New South Wales near Batemans Bay (35° S), to Cape York Peninsula
in at the most northerly part of Australia
. It grows in many different types of rainforest, in tropical, sub tropical and warm temperate rainforests.
The leaves appear almost "featureless", green, opposite, not toothed, somewhat resembling leaves of a lemon or orange. 2 to 7 cm (3 in) long, 2 to 4 cm (2 in) wide with a blunt point. The petioles
are 4 to 10 mm (0.393700787401575 in) long and smooth. Lower leaf surface paler than the top side. Leaf veins evident on both sides.
White flowers appear between August and November, in cymes of panicles. The fruit is a bright orange and fleshy, with two seeds. Fruit matures from March to August. When fruiting, the tree is easily identified by masses of orange drupe
s. The use of a file is recommended to weaken the seed shell, to assist germination.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It grows from Clyde River, New South Wales near Batemans Bay (35° S), to Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland, Australia, the largest unspoilt wilderness in northern Australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth...
in at the most northerly part of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It grows in many different types of rainforest, in tropical, sub tropical and warm temperate rainforests.
Description
Growing to around 35 metres tall, and 150 cm (59 in) in diameter. The outer bark is fissured, silvery grey. The fissures become more evident on larger trees. The trunk is somewhat flanged at the base.The leaves appear almost "featureless", green, opposite, not toothed, somewhat resembling leaves of a lemon or orange. 2 to 7 cm (3 in) long, 2 to 4 cm (2 in) wide with a blunt point. The petioles
Petiole (botany)
In botany, the petiole is the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem. The petiole usually has the same internal structure as the stem. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole are called stipules. Leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile, or clasping when they partly surround the...
are 4 to 10 mm (0.393700787401575 in) long and smooth. Lower leaf surface paler than the top side. Leaf veins evident on both sides.
White flowers appear between August and November, in cymes of panicles. The fruit is a bright orange and fleshy, with two seeds. Fruit matures from March to August. When fruiting, the tree is easily identified by masses of orange drupe
Drupe
In botany, a drupe is a fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a shell of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries...
s. The use of a file is recommended to weaken the seed shell, to assist germination.