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Wilkiea hylandii

Family
Monimiaceae (Monimi family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
N. Queensland

About

Wilkiea hugeliana is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is endemic to Cape York Peninsula in far northern Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with elliptic, sometimes toothed leaves, and male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers usually have 4 pairs of stamens and female flowers have about 40 carpels, and the fruit is a glossy black drupe with enlarged orange receptacles.

Where it grows

This species grows in rainforest from 400 to 600 m (1,300 to 2,000 ft) in altitude, and is endemic to an area around the McIlwraith Range on Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland.

Other Wilkiea plants

Wilkiea angustifolia · Smooth Wilkiea · Wilkiea cordata · Wilkiea huegeliana · Wilkiea kaarruana · Wilkiea longipes · Large-leaved Wilkiea · Tetra beech · Wilkiea rigidifolia · Wilkiea smithii · Wilkiea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wilkiea hylandii 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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