Darlingia darlingiana (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson

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Common Name

Brown Silky Oak, Darling Tree

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Description

Tree to 30 m tall. Leaves entire; petiole slender, 1-3.5 cm long; lamina lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 7-38 cm long, 2.5-8 cm wide, almost completely glabrous; base narrowly attenuate; margin usually smooth (often lobed on small trees); apex usually acuminate, sometimes obtuse; veins 15-40 pairs. Conflorescence ±erect, 15-24 cm long; common bracts c. 3-4 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, absent at anthesis. Tepals 2.5-3 cm long. Anthers 2-3.1 mm long; mucro c. 0.2-0.6 mm long. Ovary 1.2-2.4 mm long, ferruginous-sericeous; style 2-3 cm long; pollen presenter 2-3 mm long. Fruit 4.5-7 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, 1-1.5 cm thick. Seeds 4-6.5 cm long, 2-3 cm wide; wing c. 3-10 mm wide; embryo 1.7-3.5 cm long, 1-2 cm wide.

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Phenology

Flowers spring and summer.

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Distribution

Occurs between Cooktown and Townsville, Qld, from near sea level to 1100 m.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

Qld: Timber Reserve 176, Parish of Monkhouse, Lorna Doone Logging Area, B.P.M.Hyland 12229 (QRS); Mt Lewis, A.Irvine 376 (QRS); Gillies Hwy, B.Gray 2360 (QRS); Fishery Ck, B.P.M.Hyland 11373 (QRS); Dotswood Holding, Paluma Ra., B.P.M.Hyland 7264 (QRS).

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Illustrations

K.A.W.Williams, Native Pl. Queensland 3rd edn, 1: 85 (1984); J.W.Wrigley & M.Fagg, Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas 149 (1989).

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Source

Data derived from Flora of Australia Volumes 16 (1995), 17A (2000) and 17B (1999), products of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia

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From the Acacia characters species list, created by on Mar 12, 2015.
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Last updated: System; Feb 20, 2020 12:41 Status: Legacy

Author - B.P.M.Hyland

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Cite this profile as: B.P.M.Hyland. Darlingia darlingiana, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Darlingia%20darlingiana [Date Accessed: 15 March 2025]