Planchonella myrsinoides

Planchonella myrsinoides is an Australian tree in the family Sapotaceae. The common names include yellow plumwood, axe-handle wood and blunt-leaved coondoo. It occurs in seaside rainforests and drier rainforests from the Forster, New South Wales to the Lakeland Downs in tropical Queensland.

For other trees called plumwood, see Plumwood (disambiguation)

Yellow plumwood
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Planchonella
Species:
P. myrsinoides
Binomial name
Planchonella myrsinoides
(A.Cunn. ex Benth.) S.T.Blake ex Francis (1951)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Achras myrsinoides A.Cunn. ex Benth. (1868)
  • Planchonella cotinifolia var. pubescens P.Royen (1957)
  • Planchonella pubescens (P.Royen) Swenson, Munzinger & Bartish (2007)
  • Pouteria cotinifolia var. pubescens (P.Royen) Jessup (2001)
  • Pouteria myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Baehni (1942)
  • Pouteria myrsinifolia (F.Muell.) Jessup (1942)
  • Sersalisia myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Domin (1928)
  • Sideroxylon myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex F.Muell. (1882)
  • Xantolis myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Baehni (1965)

It is a small tree up to 12 metres tall with a stem diameter of 25 cm (9.8 in). The leaves are 2 to 10 cm (0.79 to 3.94 in) long and 1 to 4 cm (0.39 to 1.57 in) wide. Flowering occurs between May and November, sometimes as early as February. The fruit is a thin fleshed, purple/black berry, 1.5 to 3 cm (0.59 to 1.18 in) long, containing one to three seeds.[2]

The specific epithet myrsinoides refers to a similarity of the leaves of certain plants in the genus Myrsine.

References
  1. Planchonella myrsinoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) S.T.Blake ex Francis. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
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