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Wing Leaved Tulip

Harpullia alata

Also called Winged Tulip

Wing Leaved Tulip
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Harpullia alata, commonly known as winged tulip or wing-leaved tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves, the leaflets elliptic with teeth on the edges, white flowers and capsules containing a seed with a yellow to reddish aril.

Where it grows

Winged tulip grows in rainforest at high altitudes in gullies and steep slopes from the McPherson Ranges in southern Queensland where it is quite common, to the Clarence River in northern New South Wales.

Other Harpullia plants

Tulip-wood tree · Harpullia cauliflora · Harpullia cupanioides · Dwarf Harpullia · Blunt Leaved Tulip · Harpullia leichhardtii · Tulipwood · Claudie tulipwood · Slender Harpullia · Tulipwood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Harpullia alata 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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