Planchonella cotinifolia

Planchonella cotinifolia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Planchonella
Species:	P. cotinifolia
Binomial name
	Planchonella cotinifolia; (A.DC.) Dubard (1912)[2]
Synonyms[2]
	Achras cotinifolia (A.DC.) F.Muell. (1871); Hormogyne cotinifolia A.DC. (1844); Mimusops cotinifolia A.Cunn. ex A.DC. (1844), not validly publ.; Pouteria cotinifolia (A.DC.) Baehni (1942); Sersalisia cotinifolia (A.DC.) F.Muell. (1866); Sideroxylon cotinifolium (A.DC.) Engl. (1897); Xantolis cotinifolia (A.DC.) Baehni (1965);

Planchonella cotinifolia is an Australian tree in the family Sapotaceae. The common names include small-leaved plum, yellow lemon and small-leaved coondoo. It occurs in the drier rainforests from the Richmond River, New South Wales to the Wenlock River in tropical Queensland.[3]

It grows as a small tree, up to 15 m (49 ft) tall and a stem diameter of 40 cm (16 in). It may be recognised by the small leaves, 1–5 cm (0.39–1.97 in) m long, 0.5–3 cm (0.20–1.18 in) wide, with a rounded tip. Flowering occurs between February and March. The fruit is glossy black, usually containing one shining light brown seed. The seed has a lengthwise scar.

It belongs to the genus Planchonella which occurs across the tropics of Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Pacific islands, and into northern and eastern Australia. A genetic analysis of material found that Planchonella cotinifolia was most closely related to Planchonella eerwah and Planchonella australis and was a sister to the two species, the three forming a distinct group.[4]

Two varieties are recognized:

Planchonella cotinifolia var. pubescens
Planchonella cotinifolia var. cotinifolia

References

IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). 2019. Planchonella cotinifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T154664264A154754042. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T154664264A154754042.en. Accessed 8 June 2023.
Planchonella cotinifolia (A.DC.) Dubard. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
Teguh Triono; Anthony H. D. Brown; Judy G. West; Michael D. Crisp (2007). "A phylogeny of Pouteria (Sapotaceae) from Malesia and Australasia". Australian Systematic Botany. 20 (2): 107–18. doi:10.1071/SB06011. hdl:1885/28531.

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[iucn-1] IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). 2019. Planchonella cotinifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T154664264A154754042. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T154664264A154754042.en. Accessed 8 June 2023.

[powo-2] Planchonella cotinifolia (A.DC.) Dubard. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

[Floyd2008-3] Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[triono2007-4] Teguh Triono; Anthony H. D. Brown; Judy G. West; Michael D. Crisp (2007). "A phylogeny of Pouteria (Sapotaceae) from Malesia and Australasia". Australian Systematic Botany. 20 (2): 107–18. doi:10.1071/SB06011. hdl:1885/28531.