''Geijera salicifolia'', commonly known as glasswood, green satinheart or scrub wilga, is a species of shrub or tree in the family

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to Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia. It has narrow elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, small white flowers in loose groups and oval to more or less spherical fruit, each containing a shiny black seed.

Description

''Geijera salicifolia'' is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of , sometimes with hairs on the branches, flowers and lower surface of the leaves. The leaves are narrow elliptic to egg-shaped, long and wide on a channelled petiole long. The flowers are arranged in loose groups long, the

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s long and the

petal Petals are modified Leaf, leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often advertising coloration, brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''c ...

s long. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is oval to more or less spherical, long containing a shiny black seed.

Taxonomy

''Geijera salicifolia'' was first formally described in 1834 by

Heinrich Wilhelm Schott Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (7 January 1794 in Brünn (Brno), Moravia – 5 March 1865 at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist well known for his extensive work on aroids (Araceae). He studied botany, agriculture and chemistry at ...

in his book ''Rutaceae - Fragmenta Botanica''.

Distribution and habitat

Glasswood grows in rainforest, including dry rainforest, and woodland from sea level to an altitude of and occurs in New Guniea, New Caledonia and Australia. In Australia it is found from Coen in Queensland south to the

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in New South Wales and west to the north-east of the Northern Territory.

Conservation status

This wilga is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government ''

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'' and the ''Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976''.

Gallery

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5433206 salicifolia Sapindales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of New Caledonia Flora of New Guinea Taxa named by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott Plants described in 1834