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Petalostigma pubescens

Petalostigma pubescens
Petalostigma pubescens foliage and flowers.jpg
quinine bush, Mt Archer National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Petalostigmatinae
Genus: Petalostigma
Species: P. pubescens
Binomial name
Petalostigma pubescens
Domin
Synonyms
  • Petalostigma quadriloculare var. pubescens Müll.Arg.
  • Petalostigma quadriloculare var. nigrum Ewart & O.B.Davies
  • Petalostigma nummularium Airy Shaw

Petalostigma pubescens, known as the quinine bush is a rainforest tree native to Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia. It was first described by the botanist Karel Domin in 1927.



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