Aceratium
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| Aceratium | |
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| Aceratium ferrugineum flowering; cultivated plant at Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane. | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Aceratium DC.[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Aceratium oppositifolium DC. | |
| Species[3] | |
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20; see text | |
Aceratium is a genus of about 20 species of trees and shrubs of eastern Malesia and Australasia from the family Elaeocarpaceae.[1][2][4][5][6] In Australia, they are commonly known as carabeens.[5][6] They grow naturally in rainforests, as large shrubs to understorey trees and large trees.[1][2][5][6]
They grow naturally in New Guinea, the centre of diversity, in New Britain, New Ireland, Vanuatu, Sulawesi, Moluccas,[1] and in Australia, where botanists have formally described five species endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland.[2][5][6]
Some species have uses for their fruits as food and,[1] although not yet well known, some have popularity in cultivation, for example in Brisbane.[citation needed]
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