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Harpullia Sp.
Found these seeds on a tree during a night walk, not sure what species but they were very colorful.
Spotted on Jul 25, 2012
Submitted on Aug 9, 2012
12 Comments
I know! we started with one idea and now have tons. Ok so I dont believe its Connarus or cupaniopsis and Dictyoneura leaves are slightly different so I'm going a bit broad and naming it Harpullia sp.
Connarus conchocarpus is a vine, Cupaniopsis foveolata looks like an egg cracking
Could be Dictyoneura obtusa or Harpullia ramiflora,rhyticarpa. Funny we couldn't find anything but Guarana and now there is many possibilities.
Try to also match the leaves and if you notice the Connarus is a vine. Maybe some are shrubs or have other things that will separate them from what you found.
Well so far its down to three, either Dictyoneura obtusa, Harpullia ramiflora, H. rhyticarpa. All occur in the N.E. Queensland and look fairly similar.
Blast another one to look at. Ok will start looking at all these plants and try to narrow it down to one today, thanks for looking everyone
Scott, have you looked into the genus Pittosporum?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittosporum...
I agree that both that the seeds are the same as the Guarana with the Harpullia ramiflora. And it looks like that is a native to Australia. Not so sure about Tamarinds which look more like the seeds are in pods like peas.
Yea one of the Tamarinds looks like this but the seed pods of Harpullia ramiflora look a bit similar as well (dont think the seeds look as close though). Will have to keep searching, thanks for the Tamarind idea Christiane
Dictyoneura obtusa?? I have seen them before in the rain-forest in FNQ. I think they are a native.. Native Tamarind look similar..
Yea that could be or a bird dropped a seed from a farm or something.
My only guess is maybe some one is growing there illegally, or tried to introduce it.
Thanks Jellis, The seeds look similar but I couldnt find any reference for it being introduced to Australia and why I found it in the middle of the rainforest (instead of an agricultural field). Probably is Paullinia though, I will look into it more, thanks for the info.
Paullinia cupana Guaraná
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarana...
http://www.rain-tree.com/Plant-Images/gu...