Alectryon tomentosus — a medium houseplant
SPECIMEN · FROM THE LIBRARY
Alectryon tomentosus

Alectryon Tomentosus

Updated · 2 observations
ON THIS PLANT

Alectryon tomentosus, commonly known as the hairy birds eye, red jacket or woolly rambutan, is a rainforest tree of the family Sapindaceae found in eastern Australia. The specific epithet tomentosus refers to the hairy leaves and hairy young shoots.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Alectryon
Family
Sapindaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Bed-jacket en Hairy alectryon en Hairy bird's-eye en Red-jacket en Woolly rambutan
PLATES
Alectryon tomentosus leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Alectryon tomentosus leaf
PLATE 02 · leaf
Alectryon tomentosus fruit
PLATE 03 · fruit
Alectryon tomentosus fruit
PLATE 04 · fruit
Alectryon tomentosus bark
PLATE 05 · bark
Alectryon tomentosus habit
PLATE 06 · habit
ALSO IN THE LIBRARY

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