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Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (F.Muell.) Engl.
Family Anacardiaceae
Common name: deep yellow wood, yellow cedar, tulip satinwood

Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (F.Muell.) Engl. APNI*

Description: Tree to 20 m high with brown to grey scaly bark; branchlets with reddish lenticels.

Leaves mostly 8–20 cm long; leaflets 3–11, oblong-ovate to narrow-elliptic, 3–10 cm long, 10–25 mm wide, apex short-acuminate, base obtuse, asymmetric with midvein curved, both surfaces ± glabrous except for small red-brown hairy domatia on lower surface; petiole 3–8 cm long, petiolules 3–5 mm long.

Panicles mostly 10–20 cm long; pedicels 1–2 mm long, bracteate. Sepals 1.8–2 mm long. Petals c. 3 mm long, pinkish red.

Drupe ± globose, 8–11 mm diam., glossy brown; clusters remain on the plant for many months.


Illustration
M. Flockton

Habit
Photo S. Goodwin

Fruit
Photo J. Plaza

Other photo
Photo T.M. Tame

Flowering: spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry rainforest, north from the Macleay R.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by M. J. Taylor
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


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