Toechima tenax
Toechima tenax, known as the brush teak, is a rainforest tree found in eastern Australia. The specific epithet tenax probably refers to the tough wood.
| Brush teak | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Toechima |
| Species: | T. tenax |
| Binomial name | |
| Toechima tenax | |
| Synonyms | |
It grows in the drier rainforests from the Richmond River, New South Wales in the south to Bundaberg in Queensland in the north. It is rarely seen in New South Wales.
A small tree with a bright green canopy, up to 18 metres tall and a stem diameter of 30 cm. The trunk is irregular, grey and smooth, the tree's base is usually buttressed.[1]
References
- Floyd, A.G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Inkata Press. p. 403. ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3.
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