Cyclophyllum coprosmoides
| Cyclophyllum coprosmoides | |
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| Cyclophyllum coprosmoides flowers and foliage | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Vanguerieae |
| Genus: | Cyclophyllum |
| Species: | C. coprosmoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclophyllum coprosmoides | |
Cyclophyllum coprosmoides , known as the Coast Canthium, Supple Jack and Sweet Susie is a shrub or tree occurring in eastern Australia. Commonly seen growing in a variety of different rainforest situations. From Jervis Bay in New South Wales to the islands of the Torres Strait.
Description
Growing up to 15 metres tall, the species is more often encountered as a tall shrub in subtropical rainforest, monsoon forest and littoral rainforest.[1]
Fragrant white flowers flowers form from January to March, turning golden brown with age. The fruit is a fleshy orange/red drupe, around 8 mm long. Seen from October to December. Within the fruit are often two seeds, one each within the two lobes of the hard capsule, surrounded by the glossy red aril. The mature fruit are edible.[2] and are a food species for many frugivorous birds[3][4]
References
- ↑ http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?viewMode=printable&ID=126
- ↑ http://www.noosanativeplants.com.au/plants/109/cyclophyllum-coprosmoides-%28was-canthium-coprosmoides-%29
- ↑ Innis, G. J. "Feeding ecology of fruit pigeons in subtropical rainforests of south-eastern Queensland." Wildlife Research 16.4 (1989): 365-394.
- ↑ Ford, J. "Morphological and ecological divergence and convergence in isolated populations of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo." Emu 80.3 (1980): 103-120.