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Canarium muelleri

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Canarium muelleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Canarium
Species:
C. muelleri
Binomial name
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

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  1. ^ a b Bailey, Frederick M. (1890). Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland. Brisbane: Queensland Government, J.C. Beal, Govt. Printer. p. 106.
  2. ^ a b c "Canarium muelleri F.M.Bailey". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 17 Nov 2013.
  3. ^ a b c F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Canarium muelleri". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 96. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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