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Wilkiea cordata is a small shrub or tree from the understorey of north-east Queensland rainforest, grown mainly as a shade-tolerant plant. It is dioecious, so male and female flowers grow on separate plants.
Wilkiea cordata is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is endemic to north-east Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with oblong leaves, male and female flowers on separate plants, male flowers with stamens in 2 pairs, female flowers with about 25 carpels, and the fruit is an oval drupe with a yellow receptacle with an orange tinge.
This species of Wilkiea grows in the understorey of rainforest at altitudes from 100 to 1,250 m (330 to 4,100 ft). The natural range is from about Rossville south to the Atherton Tableland and Mount Bartle Frere.
Wilkiea angustifolia · Smooth Wilkiea · Wilkiea huegeliana · Wilkiea hylandii · Wilkiea kaarruana · Wilkiea longipes · Large-leaved Wilkiea · Tetra beech · Wilkiea rigidifolia · Wilkiea smithii · Wilkiea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wilkiea cordata 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.
