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Sloanea langii
Sloanea langii, commonly known as the white carabeen, is a species of plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae found only in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a large tree up to 35 m (115 ft) tall with large buttress roots. The leaves are generally about 6–14 cm (2.4–5.5 in) long and 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) wide, and held on a petiole up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long. Flowers have four white sepals and four white petals, about 50–90 stamens, and an ovary that is about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The dehiscent fruit have 3 or 4 valves with generally one seed per valve. They are bronze/yellow and densely covered in bristles.
Sloanea acutiflora · Sloanea assamica · Maiden's Blush · Bullwood · Sloanea caribaea · Sloanea gracilis · Sloanea lepida · Grey Carabeen · Sloanea shankii · Sloanea suaveolens · Sloanea tomentosa · Yellow Carabeen
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sloanea langii 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.
