''Baloghia marmorata'' is a rare rainforest plant of eastern

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. It is commonly known as the marbled baloghia.

Distribution

Occurring in a few places in the Big Scrub, such as Victoria Park Nature Reserve and Davis Scrub Nature Reserve, and as far north as Gympie in the state of

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, the habitat is sub tropical rainforest at low altitude on red brown basaltic soils, with a high rainfall.

Description

A small tree reaching 8 metres in height and a trunk diameter of 8 cm. The trunk is usually straight with fairly smooth bark, creamy and green with some brown vertical streaks. Small branches are smooth and slender, green near the leaves. Leaves are alternate on the stem, not toothed.

Lanceolate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...

to reverse ovate in shape, glossy green. 8 to 15 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide. A pair of glands occurs on the edge of the leaf, about 5 mm from where the stalk joins the leaf. Leaf stalks 2 to 4 cm long, with a grooved channel on the upper side. Creamy flowers occur in the months of July to September. Male and female flowers form on separate

raceme A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...

s. The fruit matures from August to October, being a fawn capsule around 2 cm in diameter. Three or four celled with a single round seed about 1.5 cm long. It is coloured dark red with cream spots, giving a ''marbled'' appearance. Regeneration from seed is not well known, however, cuttings strike well.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4852466 Codiaeae Malpighiales of Australia Trees of Australia Flora of Queensland Flora of New South Wales Vulnerable flora of Australia Vulnerable biota of Queensland