Biology:Canarium muelleri
| Canarium muelleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Burseraceae |
| Genus: | Canarium |
| Species: | C. muelleri
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| Canarium muelleri | |
Canarium muelleri, commonly named scrub turpentine or mangobark, is a species of Australian rainforest trees in the plant family Burseraceae.[2] They are endemic to northeastern Queensland, widespread in the rainforests of the Wet Tropics region,[3] and further south to the Conway Range area, near Proserpine, Queensland.[4]
Full grown trees may reach up to 30 m (100 ft) tall.[4] They have pinnate (compound) leaves each composed of 3–9 leaflets, the combined length of the leaflets and the petiole totalling up to 30 cm (12 in).[3][4] In Dec–Jan they grow fleshy, blue or black ripe fruits, 13–20 mm (0.5–0.8 in) long, eaten by rainforest birds including cassowaries and by fruit bats.[3][4] Each fruit contains a hard–shelled seed.
These trees formal description using this species name was published in 1890 by Frederick M. Bailey,[1][2] Queensland colonial botanist from 1881 to 1915.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bailey, Frederick M. (1890). Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland. Brisbane: Queensland Government, J.C. Beal, Govt. Printer. p. 106.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Canarium muelleri F.M.Bailey". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=51350.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Canarium muelleri". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. 2020. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Canarium_muelleri.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 96. ISBN 9780958174213. https://www.nokomis.com.au/product/nokomis-published-books/fruits-australian-tropical-rainforest/. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links
- "Canarium muelleri F.M.Bailey". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2895151.
Wikidata ☰ Q15541469 entry
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