Guettarda speciosa

Guettarda speciosa L. (1753 May 1) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in NT, Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld., central eastern Qld..
Altitudinal range quite small being found just above sea level.
Grows in beach forest and strand vegetation.
Also occurs in Africa, Asia, Malesia and the Pacific islands.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:   

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Guettarda speciosa L. (1753 May 1): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/56152/api/apni-format .
Guettarda ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Guettarda&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true
Viewed: 2025 December 25th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Guettarda speciosa L. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Guettarda_speciosa.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 December 25th .

• Forster Paul I and D A Halford, Qld Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Guettarda speciosa L. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" . 
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 September 19th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 441 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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