Ricinocarpos tuberculatus Müll.Arg.

Ricinocarpos tuberculatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, monoecious or dioecious shrub or small tree with linear leaves, and white flowers in a umbel with either 2 to 7 male flowers or a single female flower surrounded by up to 5 male flowers.

Wikipedia-Autoren · CC BY-SA · Quelle

Ricinocarpos tuberculatus is an erect, monoecious or dioecious shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of up to 4 m (13 ft), its young branchlets glabrous. The leaves are linear, 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long and 0.8–1.3 mm (0.031–0.051 in) wide with the edges curved under, on a petiole 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous and the lower surface is not visible, apart from the midvein. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets in an umbel with either 2 to 7 male flowers or a single female flower surrounded by up to 5 male flowers. Each flower has 5 sepals joined at the base and 5 white petals twice as long as the sepals. Male flowers are on a slender pedicel 12–22 mm (0.47–0.87 in) long, the sepal lobes 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long and 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide. The petals of male flowers are 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long and 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) wide and there are about 30 stamens in a central column. Female flowers are on a stout pedicel 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long, the sepal lobes 1.2–2.2 mm (0.047–0.087 in) long and 0.8–1 mm (0.031–0.039 in) wide, the petals 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide. Flowering has been observed in January, March, April and July and in October and November, and the fruit is an elliptic capsule, 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long and 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) wide.

Wikipedia-Autoren · CC BY-SA · Quelle