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Dodonaea polyzyga
Dodonaea polyzyga is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to north-western Australia. It is an erect, sticky shrub with imparipinnate leaves with 28 to 46 leaflets, flowers arranged in panicles on the ends of branches with four to six sepals and ten to twelve stamens, and capsules with three membranous wings.
From the article Dodonaea polyzyga on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Dodonaea polyzyga is an erect, andromonoecious or gynomonoecious shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft). Its leaves are imparipinnate with 28 to 46 oblong side leaflets 10.5–21.5 mm (0.41–0.85 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) wide, the end leaflet narrowly elliptic or lance-shaped, 9–15 mm (0.35–0.59 in) long and mostly 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide, the petiole 12–21 mm (0.47–0.83 in) long. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches in panicles, each flower on a pedicel 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) long. There are 4 to 6 egg-shaped sepals and 10 to 12 stamens and the ovary is covered with a few soft hairs. The fruit is an egg-shaped capsule, 12–17 mm (0.47–0.67 in) long and 21–27 mm (0.83–1.06 in) wide with 3 membranous wings 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) wide.
Range & habitat
This species of Dodonaea grows on rocky slopes in the Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami and Victoria Bonaparte bioregions of Western Australia and the Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte and Sturt Plateau bioregions of the northern parts of the Northern Territory.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1291695.