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Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis

Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis, commonly known as wheel fruit, is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae. It is native to a small part of the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.

Description

Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis is a shrub or small tree to about tall. The leaves average about long and wide. They are broadest near the base and taper evenly to a pointed tip at both ends, and they have between five and seven longitudinal veins.

White flowers are borne on a spike which may reach up to in length. The flowers have a about long with five lobes about long. They have five stamens and a single pistil.

The fruit are blue, purple or black drupes, measuring about wide and long and containing contain five to ten seeds.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs from near Cape Tribulation, about north of Cairns, to Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Bartle Frere about south of the city. It grows in very wet upland rainforest and stunted mountaintop forest above .

Taxonomy

Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis was first described by Czech botanist Karel Domin in 1928.

Conservation

This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act. , it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

References

External links

  • Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
  • Observations of this species on iNaturalist
  • Images of this species on Flickriver.com