Flindersia laevicarpa
Flindersia laevicarpa, commonly known in Australia as rose ash, scented maple or dirran maple, is a species of medium-sized to large tree in the family Rutaceae and is native to Papua New Guinea, West Papua and Queensland. It has pinnate leaves with four to eight egg-shaped to elliptical leaflets, panicles of cream-coloured, yellowish, red or purple flowers and smooth woody fruit that split into five at maturity, releasing winged seeds.
Description
Flindersia laevicarpa is a tree that grows to a height of. It has pinnate leaves long with four to eight egg-shaped leaflets long and wide on petiolules long. The flowers are arranged in panicles long, the sepals about long and the petals cream-coloured, yellowish, red or purple and long. Flowering occurs from January to July and the fruit is a smooth, woody capsule long that splits into five, releasing seeds that are long.Taxonomy
Flindersia laevicarpa was first formally described in 1920 by Cyril Tenison White and William [Douglas Francis] in the Botany Bulletin of the Queensland Department of Agriculture.In 1969, Thomas [Gordon Hartley|Thomas Hartley] described two varieties and the name of the autonym is accepted by the Australian Plant Census:
- Flindersia laevicarpa var. heterophylla has leaves usually shorter than, usually with two to four leaflets and a capsule long;
- Flindersia laevicarpa var. laevicarpa has leaves, usually with four to eight leaflets and a capsule long.