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Bollygum
Bollygum may refer to a number of tree species: *'' Beilschmiedia obtusifolia'', hard bollygum *'' Blepharocarya depauperata'', North Queensland bollygum, northern bollygum *'' Blepharocarya involucrigera'', North Queensland bollygum, northern bollygum *'' Dysoxylum schiffneri'', hard bollygum *'' Litsea breviumbellata'', brown bollygum, soft bollygum *'' Litsea fawcettiana'', bollygum *''Litsea glutinosa'', brown bollygum, soft bollygum *'' Litsea leefeana'', brown bollywood, soft bollygum, big-leaf bollywood *''Litsea reticulata ''Litsea reticulata'' is a common Australian tree, growing from near Milton, New South Wales to the Bunya Mountains, Queensland. Common names include bollygum, bolly wood and brown beech. The habitat of the bollygum is rainforest of most types, ...'', brown bollygum, soft bollygum *'' Neolitsea australiensis'', green bollygum *'' Neolitsea cassia'', smooth barbed bollygum *'' Neolitsea dealbata'', hairy-leaf bollygum, white bollygum See also * Bollywo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beilschmiedia Obtusifolia
''Beilschmiedia obtusifolia'' is a rainforest tree in the laurel family Lauraceae, found in rainforests of eastern Australia and also in New Guinea. In Australia it ranges from Port Macquarie in New South Wales northwards to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, within tropical and sub tropical rainforests, usually on the more fertile basaltic sites, but sometimes close to the sea. Its common names include blush walnut, hard bolly gum, and nut wood. Description A medium to large tree.Wingham Brush Nature Reserve Pamphlet, National Parks & Wildlife Service of New South Wales 2008 The cylindrical trunk is brown or creamy with vertical lines of raised pustules. The trunk features scales with round depressions, colloquially known as "bollies", similar to the related Bollygum, Litsea reticulata. The tree's base is flanged in larger specimens. Shoots and stems hairy. The elliptic or reverse lanceolate shaped leaves are alternate and not toothed, 8 to 10 cm long and 2 to 4 cm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blepharocarya Depauperata
''Blepharocarya'' is a genus of trees from northern Australia, in the family Anacardiaceae. They are dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ... trees with opposite leaves, a trait rather unusual within the Anacardiaceae. Species include: *'' Blepharocarya depauperata'' Specht *'' Blepharocarya involucrigera'' F.Muell. References External links * Anacardiaceae Endemic flora of Australia Trees of Australia Anacardiaceae genera Dioecious plants {{Anacardiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blepharocarya Involucrigera
''Blepharocarya involucrigera'' is a tree in the sumac family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia. Common names include north Queensland bollygum, northern bollygum and rose butternut. Description ''Blepharocarya involucrigera'' grows best in well developed rainforest, where it can reach 40m in height with a dense rounded canopy, but in marginal habitats it may only reach 15m. The leaves are compound with 10 to 18 opposite leaflets, up to 15 cm long and up to 4.5 cm wide, elliptic to ovate in shape. Mature leaves are dark green above and paler beneath, while new growth is a rosey red. Above the basal pair of leaflets the rachis is flattened on the upper surface with angular edges (tending to winged). Range and Habitat This species grows in rainforest, monsoon forest and vine thickets from the Torres Strait islands and Cape York Peninsula south to the Atherton Tablelands, and from sea level to 800m. Flowers and Fruits Large terminal panicles of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysoxylum Schiffneri
''Epicharis parasitica'', commonly known as yellow mahogany, is a species of rainforest tree in the family Meliaceae native to Taiwan, parts of Malesia, Papuasia, and northeast Queensland. Description ''Epicharis parasitica'' grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . Buttresses may be present, growing up to tall and wide. The bark is yellowish to grey-brown, and smooth to flaky with scattered lenticels. The compound leaves are arranged spirally on the twigs and measure up to long with up to 19 leaflets. Leaflets are oblong to ovate in shape and up to long by wide, with about 14 lateral veins each side of the midrib. The inflorescence is a raceme up to long, growing from protrusions on the trunk of the tree in a process called cauliflory, or from woody branches (ramiflory). The sweetly scented flowers are white or cream with four petals. The white staminal tube measures about long and wide. The fruit is a globose red-brown capsule about diameter. It has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litsea Breviumbellata
''Litsea'' is a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes a large number of accepted species in tropical and subtropical areas of North America and Asia. Characteristics They are typically dioecious trees or shrubs. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on species, and aromatic. They have leaves alternate or opposite or in whorls. The inconspicuous flowers range from greenish to white, greenish-yellow, to yellowish. The inflorescences are pseudo-umbels, flat-topped or rounded flower clusters, each pseudo-umbel with an involucre of four or six decussate bracts. Species Currently accepted species include: *'' Litsea aban-gibotii'' Ng *''Litsea accedens'' (Blume) Boerl. *'' Litsea accedentoides'' Koord. & Valeton *''Litsea acrantha'' Ridl. *'' Litsea acutifolia'' (Liou Ho) Kosterm. *'' Litsea acutivena'' Hayata *''Litsea aestivalis'' (L.) Fernald *''Litsea akoensis'' Hayata *''Litsea alba'' Kos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litsea Fawcettiana
''Litsea'' is a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes a large number of accepted species in tropical and subtropical areas of North America and Asia. Characteristics They are typically dioecious trees or shrubs. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on species, and aromatic. They have leaves alternate or opposite or in whorls. The inconspicuous flowers range from greenish to white, greenish-yellow, to yellowish. The inflorescences are pseudo-umbels, flat-topped or rounded flower clusters, each pseudo-umbel with an involucre of four or six decussate bracts. Species Currently accepted species include: *'' Litsea aban-gibotii'' Ng *''Litsea accedens'' (Blume) Boerl. *'' Litsea accedentoides'' Koord. & Valeton *''Litsea acrantha'' Ridl. *'' Litsea acutifolia'' (Liou Ho) Kosterm. *'' Litsea acutivena'' Hayata *''Litsea aestivalis'' (L.) Fernald *''Litsea akoensis'' Hayata *''Litsea alba'' Kos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litsea Glutinosa
''Litsea glutinosa'' is a rainforest tree in the laurel family, Lauraceae. Common names include soft bollygum, bolly beech, Bollywood, bollygum, brown bollygum, brown Bollywood, sycamore and brown beech. The powdered bark, known as jigat, may be used as an adhesive paste in incense stick production. Distribution This species is native to India, South China to Malaysia, Philippines, Australia and the western Pacific islands. It had been introduced to La Réunion, Mauritius, Mayotte and New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign st ... where it is considered an invasive species. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10743709 glutinosa Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Queensland Flora of Western Australia Trees of Australia Incense material Trees of Nepal [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litsea Leefeana
''Litsea leefeana'', known as the brown bolly gum or brown bollywood is a rainforest tree in the laurel family. A small to medium-sized tree endemic to the rainforests of tropical Queensland, Australia. The specific epithet is named after a Mr. Leefe, a botanical collector from the Kennedy district of northern Queensland. It is one of eleven species in the large Asian genus ''Litsea'' to reach Australia. After study by Bernard Hyland, the southern Queensland and New South Wales populations of what was known as this plant have been renamed ''Litsea australis''. Leaves are elliptical in shape, alternate on the stem. 8 to 13 cm long with a blunt tip. Leaf venation is prominent and attractive on both sides of the leaf. Green or cream colour flowers form from leaf scars on the branchlets or in the leaf axils. The fruit is a black drupe, eaten by a variety of rainforest birds. Regeneration is not difficult from fresh seed, if the black aril is removed. ''Litsea leefeana'' is sui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litsea Reticulata
''Litsea reticulata'' is a common Australian tree, growing from near Milton, New South Wales to the Bunya Mountains, Queensland. Common names include bollygum, bolly wood and brown beech. The habitat of the bollygum is rainforest of most types, except the dryer forms. Taxonomy ''Litsea reticulata'' was first described by Meisner in 1864 as ''Tetranthera reticulata'', before being given its current name by von Mueller in 1882. Common names include bolly gum, bolly beech, brown beech, brown bolly beech, sycamore, brown Bollywood, soft bollygum, and brown bollygum. Description ''Litsea reticulata'' is a medium to large size tree, occasionally reaching 40 metres in height and a 150 cm in trunk diameter. The bark is a grey, brown and scaly, with numerous depressions caused by the shedding of round scales of bark, colloquially known as "bollies". Exposed bark is a paler colour, giving the trunk a patchy appearance. ''Litsea reticulata'' are slightly buttressed or flanged at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neolitsea Australiensis
''Neolitsea australiensis'', also known as the green bolly gum, is an Australian rainforest tree, in the laurel family. The specific epithet is derived from "Australia", and the Latin "ensis"; meaning "native of Australia". Description Usually seen from 6–15 m tall with a stem diameter of 25 cm. However, at Murray Scrub, it is 40 m tall with a trunk diameter of 50 cm. Bark is smooth and dark brown on a cylindrical trunk. Leaves Leaves are pointed; ovate to elliptic in shape, 6 to 13 cm long, 2 to 6 cm wide. Glossy above and pale grey below. The leaf stem is green, between 12 and 20 mm long. Leaf veins are prominent, with three to five lateral veins. The basal pair of veins starts around 5 mm from the leaf base. And travels for about half the leaf length in a curve. Twigs are smooth, either brown or green. Flowers and fruit Scented cream flowers form in stalk-less clusters from March to September. The fruit are larger than those of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neolitsea Cassia
''Neolitsea cassia'' is a species of tree in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known as "dawulu kurundu - දවුල් කුරුදු" or "kudu dawula - කුඩු දවුල" in Sinhala. Trunk Bark - thick, smooth, gray; W- light, hard, pale orange. Ecology Montane and rain forest understory. Uses Wood - panelling; leaves- mucilaginous extract used in preparation of local sweet called aasmi Aasmi ( si, ආස්මී) is a traditional Sri Lankan deep-fried sweet snack, which is served on Aluth Avurudda/Puthandu (the Sinhalese/Tamil New Years), weddings and birthdays. It is made with a combination rice flour and coconut milk, whic ...; bark, leaves - medicinal. Identification Straight stem with greyish bark and short, slender branches. The leaf flush is smooth, silvery copper, drooping, crowded at the ends of branchlets, and turn bright green when mature. Leaves are lanceolate in shape with a slightly pointed base and a tapering pointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neolitsea Dealbata
''Neolitsea dealbata'', also known as hairy-leaved bolly gum, is a shrub or tree, in the family Lauraceae, which is native to Australia. Description The species grows up to 12 metres high. It has glossy, elliptic to obovate leaves which have whitish undersides. Younger leaves and branchlets are covered with brown hairs. It has small, 2 mm long flowers followed by rounded, black fruits which are about 8 mm in diameter and ripen from mid-autumn to early winter (April to June in Australia). Fungus species '' Phyllachora queenslandica'' is found on Neolitsea dealbata''. Taxonomy The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1810 who gave it the name ''Tetranthera dealbata''. Distribution The species is an understorey species found in rainforests in New South Wales and Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
