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Guioa acutifolia
Also called Northern Guioa, Sharp Leaf Guioa
Guioa acutifolia is an evergreen tree from New Guinea and coastal eastern Queensland, growing up to 20 m with smooth grey bark. It is a wet tropical forest tree, not a common houseplant, so it is grown mainly in tropical landscapes.
Guioa acutifolia is an evergreen tree from New Guinea and coastal areas of eastern Queensland in Australia. Common names include glossy tamarind, northern guioa and sharp-leaf guioa. It grows up to 20 metres high and has smooth, grey bark on its trunk which may be up to 15 cm wide. The sweetly scented flowers are produced between August and October in the species' native range Flowers and fruits often appear on immature trees.
The species was formally described in 1879 by Bavarian botanist Ludwig Radlkofer. Although Radlkofer's name may have been based on an earlier description by Ferdinand von Mueller of an acute-leaved variety of Cupania semiglauca, this did not include a varietal name. Mueller's description was based on plant material collected from Port Denison, Rockingham Bay and Mossman River.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guioa acutifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
