''Dodonaea hispidula'' is a
species of
flowering plant in the
hop-bush genus of the
soapberry family. It is native to tropical northern Australia, where it occurs from the
Kimberley region
The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami deserts in the region of the Pilbara, an ...
of north-western
Western Australia, across the
Top End of the
Northern Territory, to northern
Queensland.
In Western Australia it is found in the
Central Kimberley,
Dampierland
Dampierland is an interim Australian bioregion in Western Australia.[IBRA Version 6.1](_blank)
,
Northern Kimberley,
Ord Victoria Plain and
Victoria Bonaparte IBRA
The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was devel ...
bioregions.
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Description
It grows as a shrub up to about 2 m in height. The usually clustered leaves are 15–90 mm long, 8–34 mm wide. The flowers are 5–14 mm in diameter. The ellipsoidal fruits are 2–7 mm long, 2–14 mm wide.
References
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hispidula
Eudicots of Western Australia
Sapindales of Australia
Plants described in 1835
Flora of the Northern Territory
Flora of Queensland
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