Phaleria octandra

Phaleria octandra (L.) Baill. (1873) . 

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. and central eastern Qld..
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 800 m.
Grows as an under-storey plant in well developed, undisturbed, lowland and upland rain forest.
Also occurs in Malesia.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:   

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Phaleria octandra (L.) Baill. (1873): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/80156/api/apni-format . 
Phaleria ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Phaleria&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true 
Viewed: 2026 March 24th . 

• 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'): 
Phaleria octandra (L.) Baill. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Phaleria_octandra.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 March 24th .

• Bean Anthony R, Qld Herbarium (2026) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Phaleria octandra (L.) Baill. – "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 July 19th and Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status viewed 2026 March 24th . 

• Northern Territory Herbarium (2015–)
FloraNT Northern Territory Flora Online . 
Phaleria octandra (L.) Baill. fact sheet: → https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=5755 . 
Department of Land Resource Management .
→ http://eflora.nt.gov.au
Viewed: 2026 March 24th .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—page: 541 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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