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Guioa acutifolia
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Guioa acutifolia

Guioa acutifolia is an evergreen tree from New Guinea and coastal areas of eastern Queensland in Australia. Common names include glossy tamarind, northern guioa and sharp-leaf guioa. It grows up to 20 metres high and has smooth, grey bark on its trunk which may be up to 15 cm wide. The sweetly scented flowers are produced between August and October in the species' native range Flowers and fruits often appear on immature trees.

The species was formally described in 1879 by Bavarian botanist Ludwig Radlkofer. Although Radlkofer's name may have been based on an earlier description by Ferdinand von Mueller of an acute-leaved variety of Cupania semiglauca, this did not include a varietal name. Mueller's description was based on plant material collected from Port Denison, Rockingham Bay and Mossman River.

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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 185523.