Very nice photographs and presentation. On Monday, August 6, 2012 9:18:54 AM UTC+5:30, raman wrote: > > A small to medium rainforest tree growing to 25 metres tall and a diameter > of 60 cm. The natural range is from the Clarence River (29° S) in New > South Wales to tropical northern Australia. It is also found in New Guinea > and the Solomon Islands. The Pink Flowered Doughwood is usually found in > riverine rainforest areas. The trunk is almost white, of a doughy > appearance, with a thick layer of soft corky dead bark. The trunk is > slightly buttressed or flanged at the base. The opposite leaflets are in > threes, mostly ovate. 6 to 13 cm long, tapering to a blunt point at the > tip. This tree is the favoured food plant for the spectacular Ulysses > butterfly, Papilio ulysses. Flowers form in a cyme or panicle springing > from the old leaf axils. Individual flowers are 3 to 4 cm long, and form > from January to March. The fruit is two to four cell dry cocci. They mature > from July to December, spitting down one side exposing a single shiny black > flattened seed, 4 to 5 cm long. Germination is unpredictable, starting > within 30 days or taking several years. Soaking the seeds for several days > appears to remove some of the germination inhibitors. > > Raman >
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