Mallotus mollissimus (soft kamala)

Mallotus mollissimus (Geiseler) Airy Shaw (1972) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld., central eastern Qld. and southwards to south eastern Queensland. 
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 800 m.
This species is favoured by disturbance and grows in gaps in well developed rain forest or on the margins of rain forest.
It is a typical regrowth species in coastal lowland and upland rain forest.
Also occurs in Asia, Malesia and the Pacific islands.

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Harden et al (2024) Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria,
quotation: "

Habitat and Distribution:

In warm subtropical rain forest and dry rain forest; 
north from Pomona (SE of Gympie), Qld, to the Iron Range area (Cape York Peninsula), N Qld.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References: 

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Mallotus mollissimus (Geiseler) Airy Shaw (1972): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/59376/api/apni-format . 
Viewed: 2026 April 20th . 

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) [2014]
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2 
Mallotus mollissimus 

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.: 
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Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 
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Viewed: 2026 April 20th . 

• 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'): 
Mallotus mollissimus (Geiseler) Airy Shaw fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Mallotus_mollissimus.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 April 20th . 

• Forster Paul I and David A Halford, Qld Herbarium (2026) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Mallotus mollissimus (Geiseler) Airy Shaw – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th and Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status viewed 2026 April 20th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (188, 189–) 190 (–191).
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

• Forster Paul I (1999 December 29) 
A taxonomic revision of Mallotus Lour. (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia.
Austrobaileya 5 (3) : 457–497 . 
→ https://www.jstor.org/stable/41738925 . 
Viewed: 2026 April 20th . 

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