Veiny wilkiea | |
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Wilkiea hugeliana at Macquarie Pass National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Laurales |
Family: | Monimiaceae |
Genus: | Wilkiea |
Species: | W. hugeliana
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Binomial name | |
Wilkiea hugeliana | |
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Wilkiea hugeliana, commonly known as veiny wilkiea, common wilkiea or tetra beech,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tall shrub or small tree with egg-shaped, oblong to narrowly elliptic leaves, and male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers have 3 or 4 stamens and female flowers have 20 to 40 carpels, and the fruit is a blackish oval drupe with a yellow to orange receptacle.