Family: Sapindaceae
Plant: An erect soft, leafy shrub up to 2m high.
Flowers: The male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. The male flowers are greenish-yellow and 2cm across. They have 8 (or rarely 10) spreading stamens arranged like spokes. The female flowers are green with red tips and are borne in filament-like clusters in the leaf axils.
Flowering: July-October.
Fruit: 3-winged papery capsule 1-1.5cm long, yellowish-green turning purplish-brown when mature.
Leaves: Narrow lanceolate to elliptic, 5-10cm long and 8-15mm wide with a prominent mid-rib and a pointed tip.
Habitat: Common in dense colonies in dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: 3-winged papery fruit. Male and female flowers on separate plants.
Name:
Dodonaea After the botanical author Rembert Dodoens
triquetra From Latin = 3-cornered (referring to its fruit)
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow, Green, Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
7, 8, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Purple, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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