Planchonella myrsinoides

For other trees called plumwood, see Plumwood (disambiguation)

Yellow plumwood
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Planchonella
Species:
P. myrsinoides
Binomial name
Planchonella myrsinoides
(A.Cunn. ex Benth.) S.T.Blake ex Francis (1951)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Achras myrsinoides A.Cunn. ex Benth. (1868)
  • Planchonella cotinifolia var. pubescens P.Royen (1957)
  • Planchonella pubescens (P.Royen) Swenson, Munzinger & Bartish (2007)
  • Pouteria cotinifolia var. pubescens (P.Royen) Jessup (2001)
  • Pouteria myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Baehni (1942)
  • Pouteria myrsinifolia (F.Muell.) Jessup (1942)
  • Sersalisia myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Domin (1928)
  • Sideroxylon myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex F.Muell. (1882)
  • Xantolis myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Baehni (1965)

Planchonella myrsinoides is an Australian tree in the family Sapotaceae. The common names include yellow plumwood, axe-handle wood and blunt-leaved coondoo. It occurs in seaside rainforests and drier rainforests from the Forster, New South Wales to the Lakeland Downs in tropical Queensland.

It is a small tree up to 12 metres tall with a stem diameter of 25 cm (9.8 in). The leaves are 2 to 10 cm (0.79 to 3.94 in) long and 1 to 4 cm (0.39 to 1.57 in) wide. Flowering occurs between May and November, sometimes as early as February. The fruit is a thin fleshed, purple/black berry, 1.5 to 3 cm (0.59 to 1.18 in) long, containing one to three seeds.[2]

The specific epithet myrsinoides refers to a similarity of the leaves of certain plants in the genus Myrsine.

References

  1. ^ a b Planchonella myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) S.T.Blake ex Francis. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. ^ Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 13 December 2010.