Callicoma serratifolia

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids  > Oxidales > Cunoniaceae > Callicoma serratifolia  

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Plant  information

Common name:                Black wattle  

• One explanation for the name is the similarity of the flowers to those of Australian Acacia, which are commonly known as wattles

• Another is its use in wattle and daub huts of the early settlers

• The species has a number of other common names include callicoma, butterwood, silver leaf, silver-leaf butterwood and wild quince

Conservation status:  unknown

Etymology:   

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Flowers:                  

• The pale-yellow globular flower heads appear in late spring and early summer (November to December in Australia)

• These average 1.5 cm in diameter and have 1 to 2 cm long stalks

Fruit:                         

• x

Leaves:         

• It has lanceolate or elliptic leaves that grow up to 12 cm long and 5 cm wide with coarsely serrate margins

• The upper side of the leaves are dark green, while the lower sides are white due to the presence of fine, white hairs

Stem & branches: 

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Roots:         

• x

Habit:        

• A tall shrub or small tree that can grow up to 20 metres in height

• In cultivation it is more likely to reach between 6 and 10 metres with a 3 m spread

Habitat:   

• It occurs within, and on the edges of, rainforest 

• Mostly  in near-coastal areas along drainage lines or near creeks

Distribution:                  

• Native to Australia

• Occurs in near-coastal areas within NSW and south-east Queensland

Species:                     

• World:            S,    G

• Australia:      S,    G

Additional notes:     

• Callicoma is a plant genus that contains just one species, Callicoma serratifolia

• Taxonomy

  • The first published description of the species, in 1809, is attributed to Henry Cranke Andrews