Английская Википедия:Bosistoa medicinalis

Содержание

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Файл:Bosistoa medicinalis.jpg

Flower detail

Bosistoa medicinalis, commonly known as the northern towra or Eumundi bosistoa, is a species of small to medium-sized rainforest tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has simple and pinnate leaves with two or three leaflets and panicles of small white flowers.

Description

Bosistoa medicinalis is a tree that typically grows to a height of bout Шаблон:Cvt high and has hard bark. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs and are usually trifoliate, Шаблон:Cvt long on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The leaves are sometimes simple or have two leaflets, but there are usually three egg-shaped leaflets, each Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide, the end leaflet on a petiolule Шаблон:Cvt long. Simple leaves are Шаблон:Cvt long. The leaflets have prominent oil glands and a pointed tip. Each twig ends with two simple leaves and a terminal bud. The flowers are borne in panicles Шаблон:Cvt long, the sepals Шаблон:Cvt long and joined at the base, the petals Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from February to October and the fruit is an oval to spherical follicle Шаблон:Cvt long, maturing from October to March. The seeds are oval to kidney-shaped, about Шаблон:Cvt long.

Taxonomy

Northern towra was first formally described in 1866 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Pagetia medicinalis and published the description in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. In 1977, Thomas Gordon Hartley changed the name to Bosistoa medicinalis in the Journal of the Arnold Arboretum.

Distribution and habitat

Bosistoa medicinalis grows in rainforest, often dry rainforest in near-coastal areas between the Pascoe River in northern Queensland to Woombye in south-eastern Queensland.

Conservation status

This species is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.