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4. Older leaves densely tomentose, leaves 4-8 times as long aS Wide .....s.ssceseerereseststeteseseeees T. canescens 
4, Older leaves glabrous to glabrescent, leaves <4 times as long as Wide ........ssseseseseereeetesees T. pterocarya 
5. Fruit hairy, 50-120 mm wide including Wing .........csccesssesesseseseseseeseseseceeseneneeeensassencereenes T. platyptera 
5. Fruit glabrous, 20-70 mm wide including Wing ........sesssssscsssssessseseseseseseseseseteeneneneeeeeeeees T. volucris 
Ges Leavess/-14-timestaslonglasywidensrcrtstrniricterrttsticstectrecssterritttesentremnentestrstetestcegeestes T. grandiflora 
6. Leaves <5 times as long as wide 7 
7. Fruit >50 mm long; leaves >140 mm long, narrowly cordate at base .........scsesesseesseees T. catappa 
7. Fruit <50 mm long; leaves usually <140 mm long, base cuneate, truncate, 
attenuate. Or, COrdategrannts tere ietee terre terseten terested cates eres come weneiromes ale rener ef teccert verrstts 8 
8. Both rachis of inflorescence and fruit glabrous or very sparsely hairy .. 9 
8. Rachis of inflorescence (and often fruit) hairy ......c.ccccsesssseseseseseeeeececneseesessesesesesessseeeaees 10 
9. Leaves >2 times as long as wide; fruit <10 mm diam., 
<20. mmilong#red whentmature sarsstistetesseatetiiissestirtinettessetetetstierssesettisiorrssrssesseestets T. erythrocarpa 
9. Leaves <2 times as long as wide; fruit >11 mm diam., 
>21 mm long, yellow-green when mature .........cssseseeeeeeeee tpnmenthsrtren reassert T. ferdinandiana 
10 Ses Mature. fruit}olabrescentfenrnmnrettiirrr eettinticticcentirrteeniterttteticnsssttttss ut 
10") sMature fruit tomentose or SericeOUs isrsesiersestercesseristtetictbecsccetiorsentsrestnrstttivasesestseseacsseteses 12 
11. Fruit <15 mm diam.; leaves discolorous T. platyphylla 
11. Fruit >20 mm diam.; leaves concolorous T. fitzgeraldii 
12. Fruit <18 mm long, thinly fleshy, sericeous ............++. 
12. Fruit >18 mm long, thickly fleshy, tomentose 
15 ame lCeavesrolabroussetemsccrtntettes: 
13. Leaves tomentose 
T. canescens (DC.) Radlk. 
An evergreen tree to 8 m tall. Bark brown-grey, 
plated. Petioles 4-28 mm long, densely sericeous. Leaf 
blades narrowly elliptic, elliptic, narrowly 
oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 28-75 mm long, 5-35 
mm wide, L/W (2)4-8, usually densely sericeous, 
rarely glabrescent, 1-several domatia often present, 
base attenuate with a pair of indistinct lateral glands 
at the junction with the petiole, apex obtuse. 
Inflorescences 15-90 mm long. Fruit dry, winged, 
flattened, elliptic to obovate, 15-40 mm long, 11-21 
mm wide overall, wing 3-8 mm wide. Flowering: Nov 
- Feb; fruiting: Mar - Sept. Fig. 45 
WA, NT and Qld, from the northern Pilbara to the 
Gulf. Rare in the DR where known only from the south 
of the Region and from the Adelaide River/Litchfield 
area. In open woodlands on skeletal soils. The above 
description does not include 7. bursarina F. Muell. 
which is synonymised under T: canescens by Pedley 
(1990). 
T. carpentariae C.T.White 
T. hadleyana subsp. carpentariae (C.T.White) Pedley 
A deciduous tree usually c. 6 m tall, rarely to 15 
T. microcarpa 
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T. latipes 
T. carpentariae 
m. Bark grey, flaking to reveal pale orange-brown 
inner bark. All parts densely and persistently 
tomentose with brown (rarely white) hairs. Petioles 
16-50 mm long, with a pair of conspicuous lateral 
glands. Leaf blades coriaceous, + concolorous, 
elliptic to broadly elliptic, orbicular, occasionally 
oblong or obovate, 50-160 mm long, 38-107 mm wide, 
L/W 1-2, domatia inconspicuous, base rounded, 
truncate or cordate, sometimes unequal, apex rounded 
to emarginate. Inflorescences 75-224 mm long. Fruit 
fleshy, yellow-green when ripe, ovoid to ellipsoid, 
14-37 mm long, 12-15 mm diam., densely tomentose, 
sometimes with a short beak or angles. Flowering: 
Oct - Dec, with or just after the previous year’s fruit 
ripens; fruiting: Sept - Nov. Fig. 45 
In northern Australia, from the eastern Kimberley 
to the southern Gulf. In the DR relatively rare. 
Usually grows on skeletal soil on sandstone, but also 
on lateritic ridges and coastal sand dunes. 
T. catappa L. 
A deciduous tree to 15 m tall. Bark grey-brown, + 
smooth. Young growth brown sericeous, becoming 
glabrous with age. Petioles 5-15 mm long, densely 
