Acronychia baeuerleniis

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Phylogeny & links to associated information

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Plant  information

Common name:                Byron Bay acronychia  

Conservation status:   

• It is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992

Etymology:   

• Acronychia from Greek “akros” at the farthest point or end, hence topmost, outermost, inmost or highest and “onux u^chos”, talons or claws

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Flowers:         

• The flowers are white or cream-coloured 

• They are arranged in leaf axils in small cymes 30–70 mm long

• Each flower is on a glabrous pedicel 4–9.5 mm long

• The four sepals are 1.5–2.5 mm wide

• The four petals 8.5–14 mm long and there are eight stamens

• Flowering occurs between October and February 

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a fleshy, creamy to light green, oval, four-celled drupe 9–15 mm in diameter with eight ribs

• It matures between March and May 

• Each cell contain one or two sticky black seeds 3–5 mm long

Leaves:         

• The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, simple, glossy green, glabrous and elliptical

• 50–110 mm long and 20–45 mm  wide 

• Petiole is 5–18 mm long

Stem & branches: 

• Its trunk is smooth, grey about 200 mm in diameter a

• Has more or less cylindrical young branchlets

Roots:         

Habit:        

• It is a shrub or tree 

• Typically grows to a height of 10 m

Habitat:   

• It is an understorey plant in warm temperate rainforest

• Occasionally in sub tropical rainforest on richer alluvial or basaltic soils, up to 800 m above sea level

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to eastern Australia

• It is found between the Richmond River in NSW to Lamington National Park just over the border in Queensland

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Acronychia baeuerlenii was first formally described in 1974 by Thomas Gordon Hartley in the Journal of the Arnold Arboretum from specimens collected near Burringba in 1898

• Essential oils

  • The leaves of this species contain a number of essential oils

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronychia_baeuerlenii (2023)