Family: Rubiaceae
Canthium latifolium
Citation:
F. Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:421 (1867).
Synonymy: Plectronia latifolia (Benth.)J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 535 (1929).
Common name: Native currant, wild currant.
Description:
Woody shrubs 1-2 m high, usually glabrous; leaves with petioles 3-12 mm long; blade ovate to orbicular, rarely lanceolate, 40-55 x 35-50 mm, usually obtuse, abruptly constricted but often with a narrow wing continuing along the petiole, with secondary and tertiary veins showing clearly at least on the undersurface; stipules triangular, entire.
Inflorescence a delicate axillary thyrse with numerous flowers; calyx lobes scabrid to glabrous; corolla white, with scabrid margins to the lobes; fruit 6-8 mm long, green turning black.
Distribution:
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W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: April — June.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
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Biology:
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