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Thornton Aspen

Acronychia acuminata

Thornton Aspen
Photo: A. Ford and F. Goulter, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Queensland (Cape York Pen.)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Acronychia acuminata, commonly known as Thornton aspen, is a species of shrub or small rainforest tree that is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It has simple leaves on stems that are more or cylindrical, flowers in small groups in leaf axils and fleshy, oval to spherical fruit.

Where it grows

Thornton Aspen grows in rainforest between the Bloomfield Range and Daintree Range, at an altitudes of about 600 m (2,000 ft).

Other Acronychia plants

Acid Berry · Lemon Aspen · White aspen · Byron Bay Acronychia · Mountain Aspen · Crater Aspen · Eungella Aspen · Beach acronychia · Hard Aspen · Scented Acronychia · White Aspen · Doughwood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acronychia acuminata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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