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Acronychia (Acronychia aberrans)

Description

Blaze odour may resemble that of mango (Mangifera indica) or carrots (Daucus carota).Oil dots quite numerous, closely spaced. Leaf blades about 13-28 x 5.6-15 cm. Lateral veins forming fairly definite loops inside the blade margin. Leafy twigs tending to be square in cross section like a cylinder of plasticine which has been squeezed at a number of points between finger and thumb, each squeeze being at right angles to the previous one. Inflorescence usually more than 2 cm long. Disk orange. Flowers about 8 mm long. Stamens eight, dimorphic, four long and four short, in one whorl, long and short stamens alternating.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Sapindales

            • Family: Rutaceae

              • Genus: Acronychia