Planchonella obovata

Cape Tribulation, QLD

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Planchonella obovata 17 Sep 2025 JasonPStewart
Planchonella obovata 17 Sep 2025 Tapirlord

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JasonPStewart wrote:
   17 Sep 2025
Reference I used to confirm this identification,:
and to reject several alternative identification candidates' spp.,
for one example _Vavaea amicorum_ :

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971] 
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 

_Planchonella obovata_ (R.Br.) Pierre fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/_Planchonella_obovata.htm 

Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/ 


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  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

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  • Planchonella obovata Scientific name
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  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1.3m Recorded at altitude
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