Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.51.__
Cadellia pentastylis
Genus: 1 species.
English: Ooline.
Region: Australia.
Habitat: rainforest; fertile soils; lower western slopes of Australia's great dividing range.
Culture: threatened.
Botany
Medium to large tree; 10 m to rarely 25 m tall.
Stem: rough tile-pattern bark.
Leaves: bright green; alternate, undivided; obovate or oval.
Flowers: white; 5–7 mm in length; blooming from October to December.
Fruit: brownish, wrinkled; remains surrounded by five red sepals at its base.
Pollen: prolate spheroidal; striate, with a granular aperture surface membrane.