Cyclophyllum coprosmoides
Cyclophyllum coprosmoides | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Flowers and foliage | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Cyclophyllum |
Species: | C. coprosmoides
|
Binomial name | |
Cyclophyllum coprosmoides |
Cyclophyllum coprosmoides , also known as coast canthium, supple jack, and sweet susie, is a shrub or tree occurring in eastern Australia.[1] It is commonly seen growing in a variety of different rainforest situations, from Jervis Bay in New South Wales to the islands of the Torres Strait.
Description
Growing up to 15 metres tall, the species is more often encountered as a tall shrub in subtropical rainforest, monsoon forest and littoral rainforest.[2]
Fragrant white flowers form from January to March, turning golden brown with age. The fruit is a fleshy orange-red drupe, around 8 mm long, appearing from October to December. Within the fruit are often two seeds, one each within the two lobes of the hard capsule, surrounded by the glossy red aril. The mature fruit are edible.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Cyclophyllum coprosmoides". Noosa's Native Plants. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?viewMode=printable&ID=126[permanent dead link]
- ^ Innis, G. J. "Feeding ecology of fruit pigeons in subtropical rainforests of south-eastern Queensland." Wildlife Research 16.4 (1989): 365-394.
- ^ Ford, J. "Morphological and ecological divergence and convergence in isolated populations of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo." Emu 80.3 (1980): 103-120.
- All articles with dead external links
- Articles with dead external links from August 2017
- Articles with permanently dead external links
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Taxonbars with automatically added basionyms
- Cyclophyllum
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of New South Wales
- Trees of Australia
- Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
- All stub articles
- Ixoroideae stubs