Flindersia collina, commonly known as broad-leaved leopard tree, leopard ash,[1]bastard crow's ash or leatherwood,[2] is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It usually has pinnate leaves with between three and seven elliptical to spatula-shaped leaves, panicles of white flowers and fruit studded with rough points.
Flindersia collina is a tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt. Its bark is shed in oval flakes leaving shallow depressions. The leaves are arranged in more or less opposite pairs and are usually pinnate with between three and seven elliptical to egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base. The leaflets are mostly Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide and sessile. Simple leaves, when present, are a similar shape to the leaflets, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petioleШаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are arranged in panicles Шаблон:Cvt long and there are usually at least a few male-only flowers. The flowers are about Шаблон:Cvt wide, the sepals about Шаблон:Cvt long and the petals white and Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs through the year, but mainly in spring and the fruit is a woody capsuleШаблон:Cvt long containing winged seeds Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2][3][4]
Taxonomy
Flindersia collina was first formally described in 1898 by Frederick Manson Bailey in the Queensland Agricultural Journal.[5]
Distribution and habitat
Broad-leaved leopard tree grows in rainforest and dry scrub from near sea level to an altitude of Шаблон:Cvt and is found between the Rinyirru National Park in far northern Queensland to Toonumbar in far north-eastern New South Wales.
