Cyclophyllum coprosmoides

Cyclophyllum coprosmoides , also known as Coast Canthium, Supple Jack, and Sweet Susie, is a shrub or tree occurring in eastern Australia. It is commonly seen growing in a variety of different rainforest situations, from Jervis Bay in New South Wales to the islands of the Torres Strait.

Coast Canthium
Supple Jack
Sweet Susie
Cyclophyllum coprosmoides flowers and foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Cyclophyllum
Species:
C. coprosmoides
Binomial name
Cyclophyllum coprosmoides

Description

Growing up to 15 metres tall, the species is more often encountered as a tall shrub in subtropical rainforest, monsoon forest and littoral rainforest.[1]

Fragrant white flowers form from January to March, turning golden brown with age. The fruit is a fleshy orange/red drupe, around 8 mm long. Seen from October to December. Within the fruit are often two seeds, one each within the two lobes of the hard capsule, surrounded by the glossy red aril. The mature fruit are edible.[2][3][4]

References
  1. http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?viewMode=printable&ID=126%5B%5D
  2. Noosa's Native Plants, Cyclophyllum coprosmoides
  3. Innis, G. J. "Feeding ecology of fruit pigeons in subtropical rainforests of south-eastern Queensland." Wildlife Research 16.4 (1989): 365-394.
  4. Ford, J. "Morphological and ecological divergence and convergence in isolated populations of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo." Emu 80.3 (1980): 103-120.


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