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David Tng botany Tumblr- Geodorum densiflorum (Orchidaceae)Nodding to the earth - the orchid Geodorum densiflorum. Common but endangered? #Orchids #Orchidaceae #terrestrialorchids Orchids are always a delight. As a botanist with a bit of a history with orchids (I once interned at an Orchid cultivating laboratory), I have a soft spot for orchids. While cultivated orchid varieties are always glamorous, I have always b […]
- Blighia sapida (Sapindaceae)Red, white and black - the trinity of colors of the ackee #sapindaceae #ackee #botany #economicplants Years ago, whilst walking along the streets of a northern suburb of Cairns, a red fruit caught my attention. It was a large capsule the size of a huge egg, which split open very neatly along three suture lines and opening up to revealed beautiful shiny black […]
- Balanops australiana (Balanopaceae)Discovering botanical ties with New Caledonia and Vanuatu through the Pimplebark (Balanops australiana). @thesfs_Aus #tropicalrainforest #rainforestflora #botany I was having a jog through the woods and noticed a bunch of twigs of an unfamiliar plant that had been brought down either by wind or breakage by birds. I will admit it. This species took me quite a […]
- Geodorum densiflorum (Orchidaceae)
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Ficus pleurocarpa (Moraceae)
This endemic strangling fig tree, very descriptively named the banana fig, is one of FNQ’s more beautiful fig trees. The large and elongated (~5cm long) figs ripen into a nice dark red, and when you bite into one of them, … Continue reading
Dysoxylum latifolium (Meliaceae)
This native mahogany tree is not a particularly well known species, or at least it must be considered so dreary as to not deserve a common name. In some respects, this species looks more like a member of the Sapindaceae … Continue reading
Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum (Meliaceae)
This native species of mahogany is known as the Ivory Mahogany, and it has one of the largest leaves (in terms of length) of the native mahoganies. They can be readily distinguished by the size of the compound leaf and … Continue reading
Dysoxylum pettigrewianum (Meliaceae)
This huge tree is also known as the Spur Mahogany, because of the large buttrees shaped as spurs that form at the base of the trunk. Another feature is that the leaf rachis is shallowly winged to the first pair … Continue reading
Dysoxylum alliaceum (Meliaceae)
The leaves of D. alliaceum often do not have a terminal leaflet. When browken, the twigs have a somewhat garlic-like or onion-like smell.
Dysoxylum parasiticum (Meliaceae)
Dysoxylum parasiticum or Yellow Mahogany can be distinguished by the hairy leaflets (particularly on the leaflet underside), and especially the rusty pores (lenticels) on the twigs and leaf rachis. Rusty pores (lenticels) on the twigs and leaf rachis. Leaflets
Dysoxylum papuanum (Meliaceae)
Dysoxylum papuanum, the Spice Mahogany, is probably the easiest among the Dysoxylums to recognize. Leaflets are somewhat light green and thinner than the other Dysoxylums. Underside of leaflets Underside of leaflets and the terminal leaflet
