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Glochidion harveyanum

Image of Glochidium harveyanum

(Buttonwood)

FAMILY	Phyllanthaceae / Euphorbiaceae s.l.
Species	Glochidion harveyanum
Common name	Buttonwood,
Flower colour; life form	Flowers greenish; shrub, small tree
Campus	Cairns

Description

This shrub or small tree is glabrous. Leaves alternate, borne in one plane on the branches, broad to 17 x 7 cm, often shining on the upper surface. Inflorescence lacks a peduncle, axillary, flowers pedicellate, stout in female flowers. Capsule with 10 lobes, 12-14 mm diam., seeds with a scarlet aril.

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