Flindersia laevicarpa
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| Rose ash | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Flindersia |
| Species: | F. laevicarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Flindersia laevicarpa | |
Flindersia laevicarpa, commonly known in Australia as rose ash, scented maple or dirran maple,[2] is a species of medium-sized to large tree in the family Rutaceae and is native to Papua New Guinea, West Papua and Queensland. It has pinnate leaves with four to eight egg-shaped to elliptical leaflets, panicles of cream-coloured, yellowish, red or purple flowers and smooth woody fruit that split into five at maturity, releasing winged seeds.
Flindersia laevicarpa is a tree that grows to a height of 21–45 m (69–148 ft). It has pinnate leaves 60–300 mm (2.4–11.8 in) long with four to eight egg-shaped leaflets 40–150 mm (1.6–5.9 in) long and 15–65 mm (0.59–2.56 in) wide on petiolules 2–8 mm (0.079–0.315 in) long. The flowers are arranged in panicles 120–300 mm (4.7–11.8 in) long, the sepals about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and the petals cream-coloured, yellowish, red or purple and 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long. Flowering occurs from January to July and the fruit is a smooth, woody capsule 29–52 mm (1.1–2.0 in) long that splits into five, releasing seeds that are 29–52 mm (1.1–2.0 in) long.[2][3][4]