Flindersia australis

Flindersia australis

Flindersia australis, (incorrectly? Satinwood tree), also known as the Crows Ash ( crows ash), Aust Teak ( Australian Teak ) denotes, Nutwood, Flindosy, is a flowering plant in the genus Flindersia out of the rue family ( Rutaceae ). Making the characteristic fruit of the tree carefully. The genus was Captain Matthew Flinders named after the leader of the expedition on which the first species was discovered; australis means southern.

Description

Flindersia australis is an evergreen tree that stature heights of 25 to 30 meters (in the dry forest to 40 m) and a trunk diameter of 75 to 150 centimeters reached. The mostly alternate, sometimes against permanent pinnate leaves consist of usually five to nine ( three to thirteen ) pinnate leaves. The leaflets are 2,4 up to 13 cm long and 0.8 to 4.3 cm wide.

The decorative, paniculate inflorescences are up to 15 cm long and drag in the home country from August to February orchids butterflies, bees, wasps and moths. The five petals have a diameter of about 11 mm and are hermaphrodite, or functionally male. The five hairy sepals are of 2.2 to 2.5 mm long and also present on the Freucht. The five white to cream-colored petals are 5-7 mm long and the outside, hairy except at the edge. It is a circle with five free, fertile stamens and a circle with five staminodes present. The five carpels are fused into a superior ovaries.

The woody fruit capsule ( " Crows Nest " ) is 7 to 10 cm long, covered with short blunt spines and usually splits into five linked at the bottom of boat-shaped ends. Each " boat " to each page contains a central fleshy placenta. The fruits ripen from April to November. Each capsule fruit contains two or three flat, winged at one end only seeds with about 3.4 to 5 cm in length. The seeds are papery and germinate readily. They are not edible.

Occurrence

They grow in Australia ( in Queensland and New South Wales). They grow naturally in the rain and in the eucalyptus forest.

Use

The wood is very hard and resistant. Rated as timber, particularly for the flooring.

The sapwood is pale yellow and the heart wood has a yellow - brown blurred texture with a highly contrasting grain. The wood is highly sought after for dance floors. It is suitable for ship and boat building, hardwood floors, warehouse floors, sports buildings, furniture and veneers. Lyctid drill susceptible. The density is 1050 kg / m³ ( green) to 945 kg / m³ (dry) and requires a slow drying.

' Australis F.' is a slow-growing plantation species.

Reports of dermatitis (hands, face, arms ) in sawmill workers.

Swell

• Description in the New South Wales Flora Online. (English )