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Sterculia quadrifida R.Br.
Redfruit Kurrajong

Reference
Bennett, Pl.Jav.Rar. 233 (1844)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Deciduous tree or shrub, 2-10 m high. Fl. green/yellow-green, Feb to Jun. Sand, laterite. Sandstone boulders, cliffs, ridge slopes, coastal areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 1 October 1996

Scientific Description

Herb or shrub, with glabrous stems. Leaves 65-225 mm long, 35-120 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairs and scales absent (leaves quite glabrous), Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Fruits indehiscent and splitting into sections (schizocarps), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx deciduous before maturity, not accrescent. Flowering time February, March, April, May or June. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.