Endiandra limnophila is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae native to the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1989. It has a conservation status of least-concern in Queensland, but has been classed as endangered by the IUCN.
Description Endiandra limnophila is a tree that can grow up to in height and diameter, and the trunk is often buttressed. The leaves are generally about long and wide and have 4–8 pairs of lateral veins. They are slightly underneath and are present in the junctions of the lateral veins with the mid vein. The petiole averages about long. The midrib is flush with the upper surface of the blade.
The inflorescence is a panicle emerging from the . Flowers are pale green to cream, turning brown as they age. They are faintly scented and have six tepals in two whorls of three, each up to long. The fruits are an ellipsoid drupe, black or glaucous. They measure up to long and wide, and contain a single brown seed up to long and wide.
Distribution The species grows in gallery rainforest on the margins of swampy creeks. It occurs on islands of the Torres Strait, in the northern parts of Cape York Peninsula, and in the Northern Territory. It occurs up to about above sea level.
Conservation This species was assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2021 and classified as vulnerable, but it is rated as least-concern by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act. In its statement, the IUCN cites fragmented populations and habitat loss as the basis for the assessment.
References
External links
Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium