Cupaniopsis baileyana

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Cupaniopsis baileyana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Cupaniopsis
Species:
C. baileyana
Binomial name
Cupaniopsis baileyana
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Cupaniopsis baileyana, commonly known as narrow-leaved tuckeroo, toothed tuckeroo or white tamarind, [1] is a species of flowering tree in the soapberry family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves with 8 to 20 narrowly oblong to lance-shaped leaflets, and separate, male and female flowers arranged in panicles, the fruit a more or less spherical red to brown capsule.

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Description

Cupaniopsis baileyana is small tree that typically grows to a height of up to 13 m (43 ft) and has a dense crown. The trunk is mostly round, but with flanges on some specimens, and the bark is smooth, grey or brown. The leaves are paripinnate, 170–300 mm (6.7–11.8 in) long on a petiole 30–100 mm (1.2–3.9 in) long, with 8 to 20 narrowly oblong to lance-shaped leaflets, sometimes with the narrower end towards the base, 40–120 mm (1.6–4.7 in) long and 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) wide on a petiolule 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long. The leaflets sometimes have toothed edges and the mid-vein and lateral veins are prominent on both surfaces. Separate male and female flowers are borne in panicles 60–100 mm (2.4–3.9 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. The fruit is a spherical to oval, red to brown capsule, with an orange aril. The seeds are shiny blackish brown and almost covered by a yellow to orange-coloured aril. Domatia often occur where the main leaf vein meets the lateral veins. This feature distinguishes C. baileyana from C. serrata and C. flagelliformis . [1] [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Cupaniopsis baileyana was first formally described in 1924 by Ludwig Radlkofer in Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis . [4] The specific epithet (baileyana) honours Frederick Manson Bailey. [1]

Distribution and habitat

Narrow-leaved tuckeroo grows mainly in, and on the edges of warmer rainforest from the south of Brisbane in Queensland to the Bulga-Comboyne area of New South Wales. It can be a pioneer species, growing in areas of forest disturbance. [1] [2] [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Harden, Gwen J. "Cupaniopsis baileyana". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 386. ISBN   978-0-958943-67-3 . Retrieved 2010-05-21.
  4. "Cupaniopsis baileyana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 19 July 2024.