Harpullia pendula F.Muell.

Tulipwood

Tree to 10 m or so tall. New growth finely hairy. Leaves 10-30 cm long. Leaflets 4-8, more or less elliptic, 5-12 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, shiny, tip long-pointed and base sometimes asymmetric; margins entire. Flower clusters 10-20 cm long. Flowers with green-yellow petals 6-8 mm long. Fruit capsule swollen, 1-1.5 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, yellow to reddish, the valves papery.

N NSW, Qld.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Sapindaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Sapindales
family       Sapindaceae
genus        Harpullia Roxb.