| Callicarpa pedunculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Callicarpa |
| Species: | C. pedunculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Callicarpa pedunculata R.Br. | |
Callicarpa pedunculata (common name - velvet-leaf) is a shrub or small tree in the Lamiaceae family native to both Queensland and New South Wales.
Description
C. pedunculata is a shrub or small tree growing from 3 to 4 m high.
The twigs, the petioles and the underside of the leaf blade have a covering of stalked stellate hairs, while the upper surface of the leaf has a covering of stellate and simple hairs which become sparse when older. The Leaf blades are about 6-18 x 3-6 cm, and there are small, pale yellow, glands on the underside of the leaf. The bottom part of the leaf has smooth margins but the remainder is toothed.
The inflorescences are 2 to 3 cm long, and sometimes inserted a little above leaf axil. The flowers have stalks which are 0.5 to 1 mm long, while the calyx 1 to 1.5 mm long, and the purple or mauve corolla is 2 to 3 mm long.
It produces whitish to purple berries that are drupes.
It is grown as an ornamental shrub. The fruit is astringent and too acidic to be eaten by people.
It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.
References
- ^ Conn, B.J. (1992). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Callicarpa pedunculata". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 22 July 2005. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Callicarpa pedunculata". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- "Callicarpa pedunculata". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. p. 513.
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