Schizomeria ovata

Crabapple, White Cherry

or Snowberry

 

Family:            Cunoniaceae

Plant:              A tree up to 15m high with finely-fissured, hard, corky bark.

Flowers:         Tiny, white, star-like flowers with 5 toothed petals and numerous yellow stamens. The inflorescence is a cyme 5-12cm long.

Flowering:      September-November.

Fruit:               White to yellow, ovoid to globose drupe 1-1.5cm diameter.

Leaves:          Opposite, glossy, ovate to elliptic, up to 15cm long and 2-5cm wide, leathery with toothed margins and bluntly pointed tip.

Habitat:           In or near rainforest gullies.

Features:       White globose fruit. Soft, glossy, toothed, opposite leaves. Fissured bark.

Name:

Schizomeria  From Greek = cut-part (referring to the shape of its petals)

ovata               From Latin ovatus = egg-shaped or oval (referring to its leaves)

Search Criteria

 

Type

Tree

Flowers

Form

Regular, Cluster

 

Colour(s)

White, Yellow

 

Petal/Sepal No.

5

 

Flowering Month

9, 10, 11

Fruit

Type       

Drupe

 

Colour

White, Yellow

 

Other Features

-

Leaves

Arrangement

Opposite

 

Type       

Simple

 

Shape

Oval

 

Length    

Medium

 

Margins  

Toothed/Serrated

 

Attachment

Stalked

 

Other Features

-

Bark

Smooth, Rough/Furrowed

Habitat

Rainforest