Endiandra introrsa

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Dorrigo plum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Endiandra
Species:
E. introrsa
Binomial name
Endiandra introrsa

Endiandra introrsa is a rare [1] rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. Listed with a Rare or Threatened Australian Plants (ROTAP) rating of 3RCa. Its habitat is a warm temperate rainforest on the poorer rainforest soils, mostly over 300 metres in altitude, and its range of natural distribution is from near Dorrigo to various sites in the state of Queensland.

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Common names include red plum, Dorrigo plum and red walnut, although the tree is neither a plum nor a walnut, but a laurel. The specific epithet "introrsa" refers to the openings of the flower anthers being on the inner side. [2]

Description

Endiandra introrsa is a tree reaching 40 metres tall with a trunk diameter of 90 cm. [2] The base of the tree may be slightly buttressed and its trunk is cylindrical with some irregularities, bumps and depressions in the reddish brown bark. Its small branches are covered in downy hairs.

Its leaves are simple, alternate or rarely opposite on the stem, ovate-lanceolate in shape, 5 to 9 cm long and 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, and glossy green above but waxy greyish below with a long blunt leaf tip. The leaf stem is between 10 and 12 mm long, and yellow leaf veins are evident above and below the leaf. [2]

Flowers, fruit and regeneration

Small yellowish-green flowers form between October and November. The panicles are shorter than the leaves, which appear from the leaf axils.

The fruit matures in January to March, being a large fleshy drupe, 3 to 6 cm in diameter and fairly round in shape, though often being broader than deep. The colour is red, maturing to near black. It resembles a plum, hence the tree's common name. Inside is a single large seed. Removal of the flesh should be undertaken before planting the seed. Germination is slow but fairly reliable; it commences after around five or six months and is complete a few months later.

Chemistry

Endiandric acid C, isolated from the Endiandra introrsa tree, is reported to have better antibiotic activity than ampicillin.

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References

  1. "Endiandra introrsa". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 196. ISBN   978-0-958943-67-3 . Retrieved 2010-06-09.