Syzygium alatoramulum—Tinkling Satinash; Satinash, Tinkling—MYRTACEAE.
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Habitat—Known only from the area between the Windsor Tableland and Mt Bartle Frere. Altitudinal range from 50-1000 m. Grows along perennial creeks in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites. Distribution— Endemic to North East Queensland. Description—Shrub to poorly formed tree.(Woody or herbaceous, 1-6 meters tall). Local occurrences—
Forster Cemetery,
Great Lakes College-Forster Campus and
Tallwoods
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Leaves.— Simple, opposite, oil dots present with intramarginal veins, leafy twigs conspicuously 4—winged, two pockets being formed by the amalgamation of pairs of wings above each pair of leaves. Leaf blades about 7 to 14 x 2.5 to 4.5 cm. Petioles short. Midrib and main lateral veins depressed on the upper surface. Two intramarginal veins usually present, the outer one rather indistinct. Oil dots very numerous. |
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Inflorescence.—Bracts subulate, about 1.5 x 0.2 mm, persistent till anthesis. Calyx tube (hypanthium) gradually tapering into the pedicel, calyx tube (hypanthium) + pedicel about 3 to 4 mm long, tube (hypanthium) about 2 to 3 mm diam. Calyx lobes very broadly triangular, about 0.2 to 0.3 mm long. Petals orbicular, about 1.5 mm diam., oil dots about 10 to 50 per petal. Outer staminal filaments about 4 to 5.5 mm long, anthers about 0.3 x 0.4 mm, gland terminal, well developed. Ovules about 5 to 8 per locule, placentas central, ovules radiating. Style about 5.5 to 7 mm long, approximating or exceeding the stamens. Flowering.—Spring |
Fruit.—Fruits globular to depressed globular, variable in size, attaining about 12 to 15 mm diam. Calyx lobes small and inconspicuous, about 0.2 to 0.3 mm long. Seeds about 5 to 6 mm diam., testa slightly adhering to the succulent pericarp and easily separating from the uniformly textured cotyledons. Radicle central or basal, cotyledons purplish when fresh, cotyledonary stipules present. Ripe.—Late Summer |
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