Halfordia

Kerosenewood
In Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Fruit at Cooloola, Queensland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Halfordia
F.Muell.[2]
Species:
H. kendack
Binomial name
Halfordia kendack
Synonyms[1]
  • Eriostemon kendack Montrouz.
  • Eriostemon leichhardtii F.Muell.
  • Halfordia drupifera F.Muell. nom. illeg.
  • Halfordia leichardtii Guillaumin orth. var.
  • Halfordia leichhardtii (F.Muell.) Baill. ex Guillaumin
  • Halfordia scleroxyla F.Muell.

Halfordia is a genus of plants in the family Rutaceae containing the single species Halfordia kendack commonly known as kerosenewood, southern ghittoe or saffronheart,[3] is a rainforest plant that is native to eastern Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia. It is a shrub or tree with elliptical to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, panicles of white, greenish white or yellowish flowers and purple to bluish black, spherical to oval fruit.

  1. ^ a b "Halfordia kendack". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Halfordia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Halfordia kendack". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 25 June 2021.