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Accession Data

Nauclea orientalis

Common Name: Leichhardt Tree

Family: Rubiaceae

Country of Origin: Trop. Asia to N. Australia

Description: Growing to around 50 ft (15 m), this widely distributed tree has a conical shape and spreading branches. Its bark is deeply furrowed and the heart-shaped, deep green leaves are up to 10 in (25 cm) long. If there is a shortage of water, the tree may drop its leaves. Attractive yellow flowers are borne in clusters during late spring and summer.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 11-12

Accession #: 199800135

Accession Date: 1998-09-17 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1206

Quantity: 1

Source: Tim Devine - CSU Chico

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Rubiaceae

SubFamily: Cinchonoideae

Tribe: Naucleeae

References

  1. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. 9 March 2015.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Nauclea orientalis