Aceratium

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Aceratium
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Aceratium ferrugineum flowering; cultivated plant at Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, 11 Dec 2011, by Tatiana Gerus
Aceratium ferrugineum (Rusty Carabeen)- flowering tree.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Aceratium
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Type species
Aceratium oppositifolium
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Species

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Aceratium is a genus of about 20 species of trees and shrubs of eastern Malesia and Australasia from the family Elaeocarpaceae. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In Australia they are commonly known as carabeens. [4] [5] They grow naturally in rainforests, as large shrubs to understorey trees and large trees. [1] [2] [4] [5]

They grow naturally in New Guinea, the centre of diversity, in New Britain, New Ireland, Vanuatu, Sulawesi, Moluccas, [1] and in Australia, where botanists have formally described five species endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland. [2] [4] [5]

Some species have uses for their fruits as food and, [1] although not yet well known, some have popularity in cultivation, for example in Brisbane.[ citation needed ]

Selected species

A. ferrugineum fruiting; cultivated plant at Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, 11 Dec 2011, by Tatiana Gerus Aceratium ferrugineum (Rusty Carabeen) - fruiting.jpg
A. ferrugineum fruiting; cultivated plant at Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, 11 Dec 2011, by Tatiana Gerus

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References

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