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Steganthera laxiflora
Steganthera laxiflora, commonly known as tetra beech, is a species of plant in the family Monimiaceae. It is native to eastern tropical Queensland, Australia.
From the article Steganthera laxiflora on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Steganthera laxiflora is a tree that can grow up to 20 m (66 ft) tall. Leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on the twigs and are finely hairy on both sides. They measure up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long and 8 cm (3.1 in) wide, and are generally elliptic to oblong-elliptic. This species is monoecious, meaning that flowers are either male or female, and both types are present on each plant. Male inflorescences grow up to 9 cm (3.5 in) long with between 5 and 60 globular flowers, each about 3 mm (0.12 in) wide; female inflorescences are similar. The fruit is a black ellipsoid drupe up to 18 mm (0.7 in) long and 13 mm (0.5 in) wide containing a single seed.
What it does
The fruit are eaten by fruit doves, including the wompoo fruit dove and superb fruit dove, and by cassowaries.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 370482.