''Endiandra sankeyana'', commonly known as Sankey's walnut, is a plant in the family

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur ma ...

endemic to the Wet Tropics of Queensland.

Description

Sankey's walnut is a tree growing up to high, and the trunk may be buttressed. The leaves may be

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 elliptic to more or less obovate, and measure up to . The much branched

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

s are produced in the leaf axils and carry some dozens of small golden-yellow flowers about wide. They are followed by small blue fruits measuring up to containing a single seed.

Distribution and habitat

''Endiandra sankeyana'' is found from

Cooktown Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs ...

in the north to Mission Beach in the south, and from sea level to around . It grows in

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

on a variety of soils.

Ecology

Fruits of this species are eaten by Musky rat-kangaroos and cassowries.

Conservation

This species is listed by both the Queensland Department of Environment and Science and the

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References

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