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Brown Randia

Atractocarpus sessilis

Brown Randia
Photo: M. Fagg, CC BY 4.0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. New Guinea to N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Atractocarpus sessilis, commonly known as brown randia, is an evergreen shrub in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to both Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Where it grows

The brown randia is native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. In Australia it occurs from the area near Mount Molloy, Queensland, north to the top of Cape York Peninsula, while in PNG it is found in the areas adjacent to Cape York in the vicinity of the Fly River. It typically grows in monsoon forest, beach forest and rainforest, at altitudes from sea level up to 550 m (1,800 ft).

Other Atractocarpus plants

Native Gardenia · Narrow Leaved Gardenia · Atractocarpus decorus · Brown Gardenia · Atractocarpus heterophyllus · Hairy gardenia · Mountain gardenia · Green Plum · Native Gardenias And Allies

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atractocarpus sessilis 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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